#509 - Document NX/X11 security issue: clipboard sniffing

X2Go Bug report logs - #509
Document NX/X11 security issue: clipboard sniffing

Reported by: Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net>

Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 02:48:02 UTC

Severity: grave

Tags: security

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Hi Mike#1, On 01/28/2014 04:49 PM, Mike Gabriel wrote: > There should be two approaches... > > 1) disable clipboard server-side for all users > 2) disable clipboard in X2Go Client / PyHoca-GUI on the client-side > > The first is easy. Please look at /usr/bin/x2gostartagent of x2goserver > package and make clipboard configurable via /etc/x2go/x2goserver.conf. > Send a patch to our BTS [1]. > Thank you very much! The first approach is indeed what is needed in my case. I will have a look there. I have been looking through the sources, and my most recent idea was experimenting with editing /usr/bin/nxagent to run nxagent.bin with something like "-clipboard no" I will try the exact approach you are suggesting, though my bash+awk aren't that good Many thanks, Kris > The second approach is for us devs, I guess... > > The workaround provided by Mike#2 is a fine approach, but not a real > solution to this problem. > > Mike#1 > > [1] http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:bugs

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X2Go Bug report logs - #509 Document NX/X11 security issue: clipboard sniffing

X2Go Bug report logs - #509
Document NX/X11 security issue: clipboard sniffing