24 Aug
2007
24 Aug
'07
11:25 a.m.
On Friday 24 August 2007 11:03:49 Dan Hatton wrote:
And when it checks if it's already running, it checks under an application ID determined by the -a option given on the command line.
The fact that this happens at all, though, means that an x client running on machine A can tell an x client running on machine B to open a new tab/window pointing at a URL chosen by the client on machine A - even though the x server may be on A or B, or indeed on a third machine C. Does anyone have a view as to the security implications of this?
Excellent: another (good) reason not to use Firefox.
Konqueror ftw ;-)
Richard.
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