Remote SSH in X?

[Warren Togami]

This method works, except your X session will be transmitted across the
network unencrypted.  This "plain X" method also requires firewall
configuration for those behind a firewall, and it is very difficult for two
or more clients behind a NAT firewall to use X at the same time.  Of course
plain X may be sometimes desirable on a fast LAN, but I still recommend
against it.

The SSH X forwarding method can both encrypt and compress the X data stream.
The data tunnels through the SSH connection, allowing seemless X access
without any firewall configuration.  Multiple users behind NAT can use it at
once.  The only requirement is SSH connections on port 22 to be allowed
outbound by the firewall.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris M. Rafael" <thecomputerguy at hawaii.rr.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 8:37 AM
Subject: [luau] RE: Remote SSH in X?


> You have to have an X server running at home.
> If you are using some flavor of UNIX at home
> fire up what ever window manager you use and
> from a shell, ssh to the destination box and
> from there you can run what ever X app you wish.
>
> You must have the ssh client installed on what
> ever you are using at home.
>
> to fire up the app, you need to point the X
> app at your home X server: xterm -d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0.0
>
> If you are running windows at home you can use
> Xceed or Xwin32 as a X server and something
> like secure crt to ssh to work, and you would
> use the same flag as above
> (Xapp -d (destinaiton flag) xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP) and
> :0.0 which is the display you are using.