{"id":138871,"date":"2022-02-09T16:27:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T21:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=138871"},"modified":"2022-02-09T16:31:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T21:31:50","slug":"securing-mobaxterm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/security\/server\/vulnerability-management\/xprobe\/securing-mobaxterm\/","title":{"rendered":"Securing MobaXterm"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What is MobaXterm<\/h3>\n<p>MobaXterm is an application that provides X-Server capability for the Microsoft Windows operating system. This allows applications running in the Unix\/Linux environment to display graphical user interfaces on the Microsoft Windows desktop.\u00a0This is needed to run Unix or Linux web browsers or xterminal commands, and to run certain applications like MatLab.<\/p>\n<p>To begin, you should understand the basics of the X-Windows system and security.\u00a0If you do not know what xhost and xauth are, you should start by reading about<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/security\/server\/vulnerability-management\/xprobe\/xwin32-security\/xauth\">How X-Windows Access Control Works<\/a>. You may also be interested in knowing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/security\/server\/vulnerability-management\/xprobe\/xwin32-security\/failure-matters\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">what could happen if I fail to secure my X-Windows server<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the impatient, you may jump to the\u00a0next\u00a0section<\/p>\n<h3>Access Control in MobaXterm<\/h3>\n<p>In MobaXterm the access control system is configured through <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The default behavior of MobaXTerm\u2019s X11 server is to allow X11 remote access &#8220;<strong>on-demand<\/strong>&#8220;, which means that the software will prompt you anytime someone tries to connect to your computer.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>The more secure, and preferred, configuration is to set X11 remote access to<\/i><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u201cdisabled\u201d.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment138874\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment138874\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2022\/02\/MobaXterm-X11-Settings-636x518.png\" alt=\"MobaXterm X11 Settings\" width=\"636\" height=\"518\" class=\"wp-image-138874 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2022\/02\/MobaXterm-X11-Settings-636x518.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2022\/02\/MobaXterm-X11-Settings-768x625.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2022\/02\/MobaXterm-X11-Settings.png 934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment138874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MobaXterm X11 Settings<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is MobaXterm MobaXterm is an application that provides X-Server capability for the Microsoft Windows operating system. This allows applications running in the Unix\/Linux environment to display graphical user interfaces on the Microsoft Windows desktop.\u00a0This is needed to run Unix or Linux web browsers or xterminal commands, and to run certain applications like MatLab. To&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1136,"featured_media":0,"parent":6543,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138871"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138877,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138871\/revisions\/138877"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}