[lug] ssh xforwarding

Tkil tkil at scrye.com
Tue Jul 16 15:18:49 MDT 2002


>>>>> "jd" == j davis <j> writes:

jd> I love xforward for up2dating remote redhat boxes, however i allow
jd> a few people to ssh to one of the remote boxes that i have
jd> xforwarding enabled in sshd, is there a way to allow xforward to
jd> few and ssh to all?

What are you actually trying to prevent?

The traditional security concern with X is letting attacker clients
connect to your X server, since they could then snoop keystrokes and
do other nasty things.  Remember, however, that "X Server" really
means the display hardware, or the machine sitting in front of you.



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