Firewall Wizards: Re: X11 forwarding

[Pierre Blanchet <Pierre.Blanchet () solsoft fr>]

On August 26 2002 at 9:51, 
        Kevin Steves <kevin () atomicgears com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 10:07:21AM -0700, hermit921 wrote:
> > How much of a security problem is X11 forwarding?  I see CERT recommends 
> > using a version that allows this to be turned off, but doesn't specifically 
> > recommend that X11 forwarding be disabled.
> For OpenSSH, I was going to try to cover the issues somewhat by adding
> this text.  Note also, that by default, the proxy display no longer
> listens on the wildcard address (see sshd X11UseLocalhost), which
> closes a possible remote attack vector.
        If i understood you correctly, X11 Forwarding is dangerous 
only from the client point of view (modulo unknown holes).
        i.e. I can safely enable X11 Forwarding on sshd, but should use 
ssh -X with caution (= i trust the remote admin).

        Pierre.
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