Safe use of X window system protocol across a firewall

Authors:
Brian L. Kahn
Affiliations:
The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts
Venue:
SSYM'95 Proceedings of the 5th conference on USENIX UNIX Security Symposium - Volume 5
Year:
1995

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Abstract

This paper describes a method for safe use of the X window system protocol across a firewall. The approach uses an agent in the communications stream to enforce an access control policy. Topics covered include risks, policy, implementation, and a summary of prototype efforts. Results can be applied to other distributed or client/server applications.