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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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forward(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual							forward(4)

NAME
forward - forward mail SYNOPSIS
/var/adm/forward/username $HOME/.forward DESCRIPTION
The .forward file allows a user to forward messages to another host, or to invoke programs (such as vacation(1)) to process their mail. It is formatted as a series of comma-separated addresses in the form: addr_1, addr_2, ... Alternatively, each address can be on a separate line. The newer sendmail.v8 program also allows the use of comments (lines that begin with a ``#'') and blank lines. As with the aliases(4) file, mail messages can be forwarded to another host or given to programs for further processing. The following is an example of the vacation program. Assuming that the user's name is myra, create a .forward file and add the following line: myra, "|/usr/bin/vacation myra" The previous example forwards mail to myra (the backslash prevents an accidental aliasing loop), and also sends a copy of the message to the vacation program. For security reasons, the file must be owned by the user or by root and it should be writable only by the file owner. In addition, the file must be readable by the owner (myra) or root. On traditional systems, only the $HOME/.forward file is checked. The sendmail.v8 program allows the use of the system-wide forwarding directory /var/adm/forward. By default, this directory is checked for a forward file prior to examining the users $HOME directory. FILES
System-wide forwarding file. The per-user forwarding file. RESTRICTIONS
The sendmail command can hang trying to read the user's $HOME/.forward file. If the user's home directory is NFS-mounted and temporarily unavailable, sendmail will stall until the directory becomes available again. The use of non-NFS mounted directories for the forwarding of files is recommended. The use of /var/adm/forward is supported only by sendmail.v8. The actual path for /var/adm/forward is configurable in the sendmail.cf file. Incorrect file permissions/ownership are quietly ignored. It is easy to create an accidental loop, for example, on host_a myra@host_b and on host_b myra@host_a RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: aliases(4), sendmail.cf(4), sendmail(8) delim off forward(4)