Re: ssh X-forwarding not working aix

From: KIRAN MN (kiranmn_at_my-deja.com)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: 27 Apr 2004 04:35:35 -0700

dtucker@dodgy.net.au (Darren Tucker) wrote in message news:<c6kan8$29s$1@gate.dodgy.net.au>...

> In article <439b2f2e.0404260408.69b781a4@posting.google.com>,

> KIRAN MN <kiranmn@my-deja.com> wrote:

> >Thankyou, If i use "X11UseLocalhost=no" will there be any security problem

> > (risk)?.

>

> Yes. Any host that can connect to the server's forwarded ports (6010+)

> can attempt to talk to the forward X connection, however unless they know

> or can guess the "magic cookie" then (barring bugs) they won't be able to.

> The cookie is usually 128 bits, so it's unlikely to be guessable, but

> it's stored in the user's home dir so it might be obtainable some other

> way (eg if $HOME is NFS-mounted).

Thank you, I want to know one more thing, is this X channel between
remote and local machine is it encrypted or it is planin text? If it
is encrypted then even host knowing "magic cookie" won't help much is
it? Please clarrify.

regards,
kiran

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