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Re: Unexpected network-traffic
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:35:03 +0100 (MET)
- Subject: Re: Unexpected network-traffic
- References: <5.0.2.1.2.20031119121810.04d75010@pops.ires.ucl.ac.be>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Christian Göbel wrote:
> Whatever I type in xterm within X my network-monitor shows me
> extensive nettwork traffic (outgoing and ingoing) after every
> single letter I type.
> Is this something to worry about?
>
> Can anybody explain me why the use of Cygwin-XFree86 causes
> network traffic whatever I type in xterm? Are there any security issues?
X11 uses TCP as transportprotocol and therefore causes network traffic.
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