Quoting "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>        If the user is using X11 (the DISPLAY environment variable
>        is  set),  the  connection to the X11 display is automati�
>        cally forwarded to the remote side in such a way that  any
>        X11  programs  started from the shell (or command) will go
>        through the encrypted channel, and the connection  to  the
>        real  X  server  will be made from the local machine.  The
>        user should not manually set DISPLAY.  Forwarding  of  X11
>        connections  can  be  configured on the command line or in
>        configuration files.
> >   As far as I could tell, *IT'S JUST AN SSH SHELL*.  There is no tunnel
> here.
> > An ssh shell is quite literally no different from a telnet session
> between two
> > machines.  It's an encrypted stream over IP.  From one socket to
> another..
> > There is no 'all traffic' involved here..

  ;-P  'Open Mouth, Insert Foot, Chew 'till thigh'..

  You learn something new every day.  I've never used ssh for anything but a 
secure shell before.

  Let the floggings begin..  ;-P

--- 
Thomas Charron
<< Wanted: One decent sig >>
<< Preferably litle used  >>
<< and stored in garage.  ?>>

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