X-SSH Clients and spawned processes [1]

Firstly let me say what a great product Xmanager is. I have been evaluating it against many of the competition over the last week or so, and it is by far the best value solution.

I have a question regarding the Xssh server. If an xclient is connected to the Xssh server and spawns or start another xclient (e.g. a program invokes an external web browser or mail program) is the new process SSH secured?

e.g. Xssh connected xterm, if I type "xterm&" at the command prompt, is the new xterm also SSH??

Paul

Yes! It's secure.

Xssh is capable to tunnel multiple X11 connections (so called, "x11 channels") into single encrypted SSH connection. Therefore, when an xclient spawns another one, that will be tunneled into Xssh's encrypted connection, again.

But you should not(!) designate "-display" option to make use of SSH server assigned secure display number.

Best regards,

Nathaniel Ryu