Re: dumb ssh question

>>>If I have an ssh connection to another computer (I suppose it could be
>>>the same computer) and I launch a program from that remote computer, is
>>>that communication also encrypted via ssh?
>>>
>>>i.e.
>>>
>>>[me@mysystem]# ssh root@another.system
>>>[root@another.system] # gq
>>>
>>>gq launches and sends everything to my screen - is that encrypted? I
>>>certainly don't want to be shipping that info across the net
>>>unencrypted.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>only between you and the other computer, not from the other computer to
>>the new destination.
>
> ----
> your answer confuses me - I am only discussing 2 computers - see the two
> lines above - simulated snippet from terminal.

If you SSH from Machine A to B and then Telnet from B to somewhere else, only
the connection from A to B will be encrypted.

So the answer to your question (is my traffic encrypted?) is: It depends on what
programs you are running on the remote machine.
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