X server does not have an option to specify which address to listen on for TCP connections

Attila Kinali attila at kinali.ch
Mon May 11 12:18:01 UTC 2020


On Mon, 11 May 2020 01:41:11 +0000
ornx <ornx at protonmail.com> wrote:

> why?

Probably because it has never come up? X was intended to be used
on desktops, which, usually, had only a single network interface.
In case restrictions were needed, xauth/xhost provided the means
to limit access. These days TCP is even disabled on most distros
by default, for security reasons.


			Attila Kinali

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