Ok. I took the suggestions, and now have:
Xephyr -screen 1358x693 :1 ssh -Xf firefox@localhost 'twm -display :1
firefox -no-remote --display :1'
I found the xsel(1) scripts to do copying and pasting from different
displays, and it works with some getting used to. I intend to make some
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 02:21:59PM -0800, Robert Connolly wrote:
I would like to hear comments about using pf to filter user/group,
to make sure Firefox uses a proxy. The idea behind this is to stop
Firefox from leaking my IP. Is this the most efficient way to do
this?
I block an user using
On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 08:53:53PM -0800, Robert Connolly wrote:
Hello.
In an effort to isolate Firefox (or any graphical browser) from my
user account, I have added a 'firefox' user and group, added
'firefox' user to sshd_config to allow x11 forwarding, and ran the
following commands:
$
On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 08:53:53PM -0800, Robert Connolly wrote:
Hello.
In an effort to isolate Firefox (or any graphical browser) from my
user account, I have added a 'firefox' user and group, added
'firefox' user to sshd_config to allow x11 forwarding, and ran the
following commands:
$
You should not use the -Y option to ssh. It gives your 'firefox' session
acess to your main X session through the ssh X tunnel (and the DISPLAY
environment variable).
See http://gouloum.fr/doc/desktop_sec.html for a similar approach (using
sudo instead of ssh to switch users).
On Dec 2, 2012
Hello.
In an effort to isolate Firefox (or any graphical browser) from my user
account, I have added a 'firefox' user and group, added 'firefox' user
to sshd_config to allow x11 forwarding, and ran the following commands:
$ Xephyr :1
$ ssh -Yf firefox@localhost firefox --display :1
This can
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