On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 7:50 AM, Xu Pu Ti <rslovers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I still don't understand the point of authenticating myself to my own local
> X server when using X11 forwarding,
X11Forwarding uses TCP, and xauth is what stops anyone else on the
server (or any machine, if X11UseLocalhost=no) from snooping on your
display and keyboard, injecting keystrokes and any of the the other
things you can do with an X server.
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