Problem with -multiwindow and -clipboard when using -nolisten tcp

Brian Willis brian.willis@noaa.gov
Thu May 19 19:07:00 GMT 2005


Brian Willis wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
>> On May 18 10:35, Brian Willis wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way to make the X server listen on loopback but not on 
>>> the outside interface?  The firewall software does all interfaces, 
>>> not just the outside.
>>
>>
>>
>> That would be a surprise.  Are you using the XP SP2 firewall by any
>> chance?  It allows to customize trusted networks in it's GUI.
>>
>>
>> Corinna
>>
> 
> We do use XP SP2, but it doesn't work well with our VPN client, so we 
> use one from Computer Associates.  Unfortunatly I don't get much say in 
> what we run on the desktops, just the servers.

Is there any way to get Cygwin to listen on only localhost?  I thought 
the -nolisten tcp was supposed to do this.
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