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diff --git a/x11vnc/help.c b/x11vnc/help.c index 585da81..db690e4 100644 --- a/x11vnc/help.c +++ b/x11vnc/help.c @@ -913,20 +913,24 @@ void print_help(int mode) { " environment variables before starting x11vnc:\n" "\n" " Set UNIXPW_DISABLE_SSL=1 to disable requiring either\n" -" -ssl or -stunnel. Evidently you will be using a\n" -" different method to encrypt the data between the\n" -" vncviewer and x11vnc: perhaps ssh(1) or an IPSEC VPN.\n" -"\n" -" Note that use of -localhost with ssh(1) is roughly\n" -" the same as requiring a Unix user login (since a Unix\n" -" password or the user's public key authentication is\n" -" used by sshd on the machine where x11vnc runs and only\n" -" local connections from that machine are accepted).\n" +" -ssl or -stunnel (as under SSH_CONNECTION.) Evidently\n" +" you will be using a different method to encrypt the\n" +" data between the vncviewer and x11vnc: perhaps ssh(1)\n" +" or an IPSEC VPN. -localhost is still enforced (however,\n" +" see the next paragraph.)\n" "\n" " Set UNIXPW_DISABLE_LOCALHOST=1 to disable the -localhost\n" -" requirement in Method 2). One should never do this\n" +" requirement in -unixpw modes. One should never do this\n" " (i.e. allow the Unix passwords to be sniffed on the\n" -" network.)\n" +" network.) This also disables the localhost requirement\n" +" for reverse connections (see below.)\n" +"\n" +" Note that use of -localhost with ssh(1) (and no -unixpw)\n" +" is roughly the same as requiring a Unix user login\n" +" (since a Unix password or the user's public key\n" +" authentication is used by sshd on the machine where\n" +" x11vnc runs and only local connections from that machine\n" +" are accepted).\n" "\n" " Regarding reverse connections (e.g. -R connect:host\n" " and -connect host), when the -localhost constraint is\n" |