Re: [tlug] Forwarding X and SSH

[shimpei@example.com]

Jim O'Connell wrote:
> Anyway, my question is this: If I open up a remote program while using SSH, is
the entire program being transmitted in an encrypted fashion, or is it spawning
a non-encrypted X session? (In which case, I better take a look at what my
firewall isn't doing right...)

The entire session is encrypted. Read the section "X11 and TCP forwarding" in the
ssh man pages.

Shimpei.