From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 27 16:35:23 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB9816A468 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:35:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21AFA13C46E for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:35:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 25837 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2007 11:35:22 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (210.84.50.231) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 27 Jun 2007 11:35:22 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:35:17 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: FreeBSD Questions ML Message-ID: <20070628023517.5dab6a74@localhost> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: xauth trusted vs ssh -X -Y X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:35:23 -0000 Hi list :) is either of 1) having a host added to .Xauthority as trusted, and then doing "ssh -X usr@host cmd" 2) ssh -X -Y user@host cmd inherintly less secure than the other? (or more prone to becoming an attack vector to MY local computer? thanks! _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use hammer." IBM maintenance manual, 1975 I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.