[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Mon Apr 22 08:28:37 EDT 2024


On 2024-04-19, motk <yep at yep.yep> wrote:
>
> Because it's _broken_. ssh x11 forwarding has been deliberately broken 
> by _design_ for a _decade_, if you're found using X11 in a corporate 
> environemt you will get an earnest conversation with people with no 
> sense of humour, the world is real and here and now.
>

In what way has it been deliberately broken (and in which versions of
software) ?

BTW, to anyone using X11 over ssh, it is a standard recommendation to use
"ssh -X" instead of "ssh -Y" so that additional security restrictions
are active. See the ssh man page for details.

Simon.

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