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Special Forums Cybersecurity X forwarding vs Remote DISPLAY Post 302689975 by bitlord on Wednesday 22nd of August 2012 10:12:12 AM
Old 08-22-2012
X forwarding vs Remote DISPLAY

Hello,
I have a question about X forwarding. I was told that we can't X forwarding anymore, do to a security checklist.
Example:
Code:
bitlord@server1# ssh -X server2

So we have to use the DISPLAY variable now. I thought this was less secure?
Example:
Code:
bitlord@server1# xhost + server2
server1 being added to access control list
bitlord@server1# echo $DISPLAY
:1.0
bitlord@server1#  ssh server2
bitlord@server2# export DISPLAY=server1:1.0
bitlord@server1# gedit #for example

What gives, is this more or less secure the X forwarding? Is there a better way?

Any info would be helpful
 

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