Re: [SLUG] 6th of a dozen questions

From: R P Herrold (herrold@owlriver.com)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 10:52:05 EST


On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Jim Wildman wrote:

> This is an X windows problem unrelated to your scanner.
>
> Russ's idea is clever too, since ssh usually takes care of the xhost
> part in its own way. And it will cover all the security bases quite
> nicely.

Not just clever; This is a design feature of ssh (to fix the
broken 'xhosts +' rsh legacy model). It 'cleans up' after
itself when it tears the connection down, revoking the
temporary access.

-- Russ



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