[CLUE-Cert] SSH forwarding

Lynn Danielson lynn.danielson at clue.denver.co.us
Wed Oct 31 17:00:22 MST 2001


Dave Anselmi wrote:
> 
> Did you do anything to verify that the kmail window was going through ssh?  It seems
> that if you just set up ssh, and don't do anything specific to the DISPLAY on the kmail
> machine, that it will forward through ssh.  But you could also get a direct X connection
> with no encryption.

This is true.  I think examining the DISPLAY variable will answer the question.
SSH tends to map the display to localhost:10 versus a direct X connection where
DISPLAY would be remotehost:0.

Lynn



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