Hi

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Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20020315 20:22
/ChangeLog/1.683/Fri Mar 15 13:43:46 2002//

According to theregister -> 
http://www.procheckup.com/security_info/vuln_pr0208.html

snip:
Description:Popular Unix OS allow by default XDMCP (X Display Manager Control 
Protocol) connections from any host.
...
LINUX
 1. Login as root.
 2. Open /etc/X11/kdm/Xaccess in editor. 
3. Comment out the following two lines, by adding "#" (without quotes) to the 
beginning of each line: * #any host can get a login window * CHOOSER 
BROADCAST #any indirect host can get a chooser 
4. Save your changes, and then close the file. 

snip

The above is actual for 8.2.

regards
guran
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Mandrake Linux 8.2 Cooker kernel-2.4.18.6mdk-1-1mdk version:2002-03-15-20:22

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