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On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 8:27 PM Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> But -X produces |
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> "Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated" |
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> but the server has an ~/.Xauthority file, which oddly gets created by an ssh -Y session.... |
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-Y still uses an .Xauthority so that isn't a surprise. |
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MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE security is used by both -X and -Y, which is what |
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this file is used for. |
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The difference between -X and -Y is in providing a layer of security |
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so that remote clients can't play games like keyboard sniffing with |
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your local X server. |
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Whether this ought to be a default was apparently a debate over a |
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decade ago, when the USE flag was at least added to make it possible. |
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I haven't used it in a while though so I can't vouch for whether there |
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are any issues with -X when the USE flag is enabled to build the |
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extension. |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/237778 |
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