Re: ssh X11Forward safety

2008-01-09 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 09:20:12PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 10:47:16AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > security of my data and a need to use a browser with javascript and > > sometimes flash; some sites only work with Iceweasel. > > You're over-complicating this

Re: ssh X11Forward safety

2008-01-08 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 10:47:16AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > security of my data and a need to use a browser with javascript and > sometimes flash; some sites only work with Iceweasel. You're over-complicating this. You can use X without forwarding X11 by tunneling VNC or using nxclient. B

ssh X11Forward safety

2008-01-08 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
Since I have nothing better to do, I often ponder how to improve safety and security in my home setup. I have two conflicting needs: security of my data and a need to use a browser with javascript and sometimes flash; some sites only work with Iceweasel. Let me set up my thinking on this, and the