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Date:      22 Apr 2005 15:12:15 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Use of -Y in ssh
Message-ID:  <44fyxizkvk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050422145719.5406a983.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
References:  <20050422145719.5406a983.wmoran@potentialtech.com>

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Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> writes:

> I'm looking for information on ssh.  What I want to understand is the
> difference between -Y and -X.
> 
> The man page for ssh simply says:
> -Y      Enables trusted X11 forwarding.
> 
> Does anyone have any pointers to docs that better explain the difference
> between -Y and -X, I'd like to better understand the security risks that
> may be involved.

See the "ForwardX11Trusted" option in ssh_config(5).



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