xauth: needs cookie handling warnings in man page

Michael Gilbert michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com
Fri Jul 22 20:18:35 PDT 2011


Hi,

Insecure xauth usage has lead to a few security bugs recently fixed in
Debian. Man page warnings may guide users/developers toward more secure
usages.  See attached patch for a possible solution.

This is also debian bug #635109: http://bugs.debian.org/635109.

Please cc me on replies as I'm not subscribed to this list.

Best wishes,
Mike
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