cygwin-x-doc/faq remote.xml,1.11,1.12 config.xml,1.9,1.10

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Update of /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq
In directory gabe:/tmp/cvs-serv7142/faq

Modified Files:
	remote.xml config.xml 
Log Message:
2005-04-21  Alexander Gottwald  <[email protected]>

	* faq/remote.xml:
	Add labels xdmcp-firewall answer
	* faq/config.xml:        
	Add a question about firewalls and XWin


Index: remote.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq/remote.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -d -r1.11 -r1.12
--- remote.xml	20 Apr 2005 12:44:25 -0000	1.11
+++ remote.xml	21 Apr 2005 21:04:15 -0000	1.12
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 </question>
 
 <answer>
+<label>Disabled XDMCP on servers</label>
 <para>[Mika Laitio] For security reasons, &XDMCP; is not enabled by
 default on most Linux/UNIX/*NIX/*BSD distributions (RedHat, Mandrake,
 SuSE, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc.) by default.  You have to manually enable
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@
 </answer>
 
 <answer>
+<label>XDMCP and firewalls</label>
 <para>&XDMCP; will not work correctly if you have a personal firewall installed
 or the built-in firewall of Windows is activated.</para>
 <para>The XDMCP protocol will send and receive data on port 177/UDP. But the 

Index: config.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq/config.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -d -r1.9 -r1.10
--- config.xml	2 Oct 2004 22:06:01 -0000	1.9
+++ config.xml	21 Apr 2005 21:04:15 -0000	1.10
@@ -105,4 +105,24 @@
 </answer>
 </qandaentry>
 
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="q-firewall">
+<para>I have a firewall. Is there anything I have to take care of?
+</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>&XWin; uses port 6000/TCP by default. You will have to allow incoming and
+outgoing traffic on this port even if you are only using local clients. &XWin; 
+has a builtin access control so you won't have to worry about opening the
+port. If you are still concerned about security, you may limit the allowed 
+hosts to 127.0.0.1 (localhost) and the local IP addresses.</para>
+<para>
+If you use a different &DISPLAY; variable check section 
+<xref linkend="display-and-screen"/> for details about which ports are 
+used. For additional information about firewalls and XDMCP connections check 
+<xref linkend="q-mandrake-8.1-xdmcp"/>.
+</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
 </qandadiv>