RE: [Sheflug] Firewall config - for Ross.

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

>===== Original Message From "Sheflug" <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz> =====
>On Thu, 17 May 2001, Barrie Bremner wrote:
>
>> It's already been suggested - using ssh to tunnel the X connection is a 
much
>> easier, and more secure solution, rather than poking holes in the firewall.
>
>Emn, I am not quite clear here too... If you run an ssh session and from
>it you start a (remote) X-client - is it enough to wrap X in ssh or you
>have to do something else? I couldn't seem to find an answer to this in
>ssh man / info... Yesterday my firewall (quick self-setup, certainly not
>flawless, might want to test it sometime somewhere - suggestions?) blocked
>my attempt to run an X-session from ssh...

IIRC, it's automagic.

Try ssh'ing to a box running an Xserver, and run an command which will display 
a window in X (xemacs, mozilla etc), and it should do all the rest for you.

You'll need the X forwarding set to yes on client and server - I can't 
remember what the exact keyword is...I haven't got access to man pages or 
config files from this annoying Windoze PC at work :-(

Cheers.

Baz.

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