Re: Background mail composition
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:35:58PM +0900, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 11:24:59AM +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 09:21:58 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > > Except that the remote installation specifically forbids it, I can't
> > > get X through the firewall (that might be possible to overcome), and
> > > it would be (relatively) slow.
> >
> > Have a look at the "-X" (X11 forwarding) and "-C" (compression) options
> > to SSH. They should do what you want with no fuss at all.
>
> Unless the server does not allow X11 forwarding, which Chris is saying
> is the case. If so, no option you pass to ssh will make it happen...
>
I interpreted his message as meaning that port 6000 was blocked at the
firewall. SSH forwarding sends the X data over the SSH connection,
walking round firewalls entirely. My understanding is that blocking SSH
port forwarding is both hard and pointless.
- Andrew
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