NX Security (was [FreeNX-kNX] Re: got: "cannot create directory `/home/.nx'")

Kurt Pfeifle k1pfeifle at gmx.net
Tue Oct 19 22:40:07 UTC 2004


Oh, oh, thee self-styled security experts -- could you please start
reading sources and documentation first, and comment then,  as your
second action?

On Wednesday 20 October 2004 00:02, freenx at mikebell.org wrote:

> sshd allows things like
> unrestricted port forwarding to anyone who can log in, a problem that
> anonymous CVS over ssh and various other services deal with by disabling
> it altogether.

You are invited to read all the !M release notes on this website for 
all the recent snapshots:

  http://www.nomachine.com/news.php

But to spare those of you the time and hassle to look it up yourself,
who are too busy commenting about (Free)NX in various forums and IRC
channels, here is a quote:

 "Greatly increased security. Tunneling over SSH connections went 
  through a complete redesign. The new mechanism allows NX server 
  to run as a SSH sub-system, without users having to enable port 
  forwarding in the SSHD configuration. The RSA key associated to 
  the nx user now encompasses further restrictions, as the inabi-
  lity by the connecting client to request X11 forwarding."
                  (http://www.nomachine.com/news_read.php?idnews=124)




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