Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:35:55 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: openssh not setting DISPLAY Message-ID: <20010216183555.K9583@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <33610000.982366319@pyanfar.ece.cmu.edu>; from allbery@ece.cmu.edu on Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 06:31:59PM -0500 References: <20010216152317.A97818@mollari.cthul.hu> <33610000.982366319@pyanfar.ece.cmu.edu>
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"Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@ece.cmu.edu> probably said: > That's interesting, since the sshd manpage from openssh says: > > Note that disabling X11 forwarding does not improve secu > rity in any way, as users can always install their own for > warders. That is talking about the whole system security for, say, a multiuser system. If the sysadmin disables X11 forwarding then a user can do their own forwarding, but they have to _deliberately_ turn it on. So they are both true, but they're talking about different situations. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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