--- David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Jose Antonio Becerra Permuy
> wrote:
>
> > > "DISPLAY=hostyouareconnectingfrom:24.0"
> >
> > That is because X connections are forwarding
> through ssh.
> >
> > >
> > > before it used to be:
> > >
> > > "DISPLAY=hostyouareconnectingfrom:0.0"
> > >
> > > If you change it to DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 then
> you can
> > > run your X apps with no problem.
> >
> > Yes, but then X apps are not encrypted and, if
> you introduce some
> > password in one of them (in netscape to receive
> e-mail for example), that
> > password can be easily stollen.
>
> Uh what? ssh is encrypting the session. That's what
> X11 forwarding is for.
I don't know what he is talking about, since as far as
I know the number after the colon in the DISPLAY
variable indicates a display number in the X server,
and has nothing to do with any ssh controlled port;
that handled by the ssh/sshd combo, and probably the X
client and server don't even know their connection is
being forwarder through other ports. Plus I was
talking about localhost<-->localhost connection
anyways, where packets never touch the interface
cable, where only systems valid users could possibly
have an opportunity to snoop them.
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