[CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Sat Dec 8 18:44:12 UTC 2007


Les Bell wrote:
> Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> What's a 'trusted' forwarding mean as opposed to any other kind?
> <<
> 
> A trusted X11 client will bypass the security controls specified in the X11
> Security Extension Specification (see
> http://refspecs.freestandards.org/X11/security.pdf). In general, you don't
> want to enable this unless you have to. Notice that "trusted forwarding"
> trusts the users to all be good guys.

Is there a way to describe it in more than 2 words but less than 18 
pages?  The main point seems to be that almost nothing works if your 
forwarding isn't trusted.  But shouldn't being able to log in via ssh 
mean that you are trusted?

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com



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