Remote X applications (Re: [Techtalk] Re: Discovering my IP address)

Sue Stones suzo at spin.net.au
Mon Mar 15 23:54:44 EST 2004


Thanks heaps John,

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:18 pm, John Clarke wrote:
> Yes, and it's a very easy thing to fix - five seconds to change
> sshd_config and restart sshd.  They may have a good reason to disable
> x11 forwarding though - it can use a lot of bandwidth.
>

Its not likely to be used much though, all those windows dependent students. 
Are there any security issues with it?

> > Getting him to act on it is another matter altogether.
>
> That's something I can't help you with :-)

I'll let you know how I go with this tomorrow...

sue


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