x2x

[Derek Martin]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 02:14:28PM -0400, Paul Lussier wrote:
> 
> Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> writes:
> 
> > That means if you type a password on the local machine,
> > destined for an input box on the remote machine's display, it travels
> > over the network unencrypted.  That's bad.  So, I want to run x2x over
> > an encrypted tunnel.  It can be done with ssh, but figuring out how is
> > a little brain-twisting.  
> 
> Another solution to this problem would be to establish an IPSec SA
> between all the machines in question.  With that, there's no need for
> ssh at all, not need for X forwarding, etc.  Just run x2x however you
> want.  Of course, this means that you need to futz with IPSec, which
> is no trivial matter, but once it's established, you really don't even
> need to bother with ssh at all for this type of thing.

Indeed...  And this is on my list of things to do with my home
network.  At work, however, that's another matter...  And that's
primarily where I want to do this.

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