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| author | Damien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-03-02 02:21:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Damien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-03-02 02:21:08 +0000 |
| commit | e64db64ae224c0118e067a933cf426e30031fcf0 (patch) | |
| tree | fcce6e97fc84cdb391e6ffbd61d3585a3a61c645 /usr.bin | |
| parent | 2031d0f780c6522d3f40be4e2e42c3ecce731dbf (diff) | |
bz#987: mention ForwardX11Trusted in ssh.1,
reported by andrew.benham AT thus.net; ok deraadt@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 index a7ff8d73168..d7cc83c1bae 100644 --- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 +++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.202 2005/03/01 14:47:58 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.203 2005/03/02 02:21:07 djm Exp $ .Dd September 25, 1999 .Dt SSH 1 .Os @@ -831,10 +831,23 @@ Users with the ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the user's X authorization database) can access the local X11 display through the forwarded connection. An attacker may then be able to perform activities such as keystroke monitoring. +.Pp +For this reason, X11 forwarding is subjected X11 SECURITY extension +restrictions by default. +Please refer to the +.Nm +.Fl Y +option and the +.Cm ForwardX11Trusted +directive in +.Xr ssh_config 5 +for more information. .It Fl x Disables X11 forwarding. .It Fl Y Enables trusted X11 forwarding. +Trusted X11 forwardings are not subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension +controls. .El .Sh CONFIGURATION FILES .Nm |