Re: [TCLUG:8994] X over SSH thru IPMasq

[Nate Carlson <natecars@infiniteloop.com>]

Did you enable X Forwarding when you compiled SSH on both ends? I've also
found that to get X forwarding to work, I've had to use the compress (-C)
flag when connecting to the remote host. Oh, and the forwarding will error
out if you su to a different user after you log in.

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Nate Carlson
the infinite loop
natecars@infiniteloop.com

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Michael Hicks wrote:

> > You can connect directly to the X server, but that's not really a
> > security-conscious move,  Use an SSH client to connect to the X-Windows
> > machine from the NT machine.  Enable X11 forwarding in the SSH client from
> > the X Server machine to your NT machine and tell the local X-Server to get
> > requests from the loopback device.  That way, all X11 traffic travels over
> > the encrypted connection to your display and cannot be easily sniffed by
> > outsiders.
> 
> Speaking of using SSH for handling X..  I was at home over the weekend, where
> we have a cable modem.  I was hoping to try remotely displaying an X
> application, mostly just for testing purposes.  I logged into my box with SSH,
> and ran the application, but it said it couldn't connect to the X server.  The
> problem probably relates to the fact that my family has an IP Masq gateway at
> home.  However, I expected SSH to work fine, since I thought any X
> communication would just piggyback on an already existing connection, rather
> than make a new one or anything.
> 
> Anyway, I guess I'm wondering if anyone has had luck getting X to run over SSH
> when they're behind an IP masq gateway..  Maybe I just forgot something.
> 
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