Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:02:55 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Simon Timms <timms@ugrad.cs.ualberta.ca> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: x-forwarding problem - no window contents Message-ID: <20040604150255.GA48014@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0406040851560.956@csu502.cs.ualberta.ca> References: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0406040753140.956@csu502.cs.ualberta.ca> <20040604143238.GA46608@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.LNX.4.56.0406040851560.956@csu502.cs.ualberta.ca>
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--GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 08:59:31AM -0600, Simon Timms wrote: > Oooh, you know I think I'm just doing 'ssh' and expecting it to work or > give me a huge obvious error. I have enabled ForwardX11 in > /etc/ssh/ssh_conf on the desktop. You're probably right that it is a > question of '-X' or '-Y'. I shall have to try this out when I get home > tonight. What is the difference between trusted and untrusted X11 > forwarding? Untrusted is safer when you don't trust the security of the machine you're connecting to, but it doesn't work for a lot of X applications. Kris --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAwI8eWry0BWjoQKURAq40AJ9m+y9Frd2DEqEaQh48P/5CQdIgeQCgrezO e0zNvYLU1t6oTivc7PGJmZ4= =1lLq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw--
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