Re: dumb ssh question

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Author: Matt Alexander
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: dumb ssh question
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Craig White wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 08:55, Rowan Smith wrote:
> > Craig White wrote:
> >
> > >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
> > >[] # 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.


In answer to your original question, yes, if you ssh to remote computer
and then launch a program from that remote computer, everything is sent
over the ssh connection back to your computer.
~M

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