[CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox

Karanbir Singh wrote:

>>>> ssh -X <machine to connect to> firefox
>>> you prolly meant -Y :D
>>>
>> Ok well just double checked and tested it here and -X works here.  I
>> knew about -Y but thought you only use that if you absolutely have too :)
> 
> the reason I would prefer -Y is that its ( well, the man page says
> anyway ) more secure than -X. Also, these days a lot of admins will
> disable -X functionality on machines. Have not come across anywhere -Y
> didnt work ( and the host OS was installed in the last 5 years ).
> 
> I am not doubting that -X will mostly work, but perhaps we should be
> promoting the idea of -Y a bit more.

Coming from a fedora client, you have had to specify -Y for a while for 
most things to work.  But I don't think the man page makes it very clear 
what the difference is.  What's a 'trusted' forwarding mean as opposed 
to any other kind?

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