Use of -Y in ssh

[Lowell Gilbert]

Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> writes:

> I'm looking for information on ssh.  What I want to understand is the
> difference between -Y and -X.
> 
> The man page for ssh simply says:
> -Y      Enables trusted X11 forwarding.
> 
> Does anyone have any pointers to docs that better explain the difference
> between -Y and -X, I'd like to better understand the security risks that
> may be involved.

See the "ForwardX11Trusted" option in ssh_config(5).