From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 1 18:31:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 827751065672 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brahim.larchet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 068648FC19 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:31:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so11226980ewy.3 for ; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:31:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KcOs4k+kV5SsC22k9f7EhZ3H2GW2Cwv0+VUpG0Eu8qA=; b=QVBZJn2sL4uAbIpszls044j8lDxP1HxBWm1YsqUtTJvy/aNET2liAhmfbzL7Z8TYJ2 ikDgiurbVqCzXtm4tX9s4y/dQlCJEnZ78ec8ScYybV1ZGgmfmMP6H13V9timeYzPumvq 2hzCas1R3YQ8Cdsdq9UFJenPyFOFokYEWYzgY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SPq5xd0oZt+MiKAABvzXzg/f7n4sVRUC9PibbYlCQz3aidmWrz+Kw5apfkzaHSpX6y 9OSEDpNAr3Rzj/SRgeRtOk4RQqmqDJNKcS16A1joyaeBx0mnigEcoIL62uVtB/jL4B+H l2LEL2MUtWLWQJ6lli2O6noHDg4uJI1lxKHMo= Received: by 10.216.87.66 with SMTP id x44mr18536wee.96.1262368930018; Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:02:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.7.48? (gob75-7-82-247-112-215.fbx.proxad.net [82.247.112.215]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm38306230eyf.0.2010.01.01.10.02.09 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:02:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B3E388D.6060708@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:01:49 +0100 From: Brahim LARCHET User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091229 Lightning/1.0pre Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4B3E34BD.4020503@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4B3E34BD.4020503@infracaninophile.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Remote assistance for X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: brahim.larchet@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:31:10 -0000 Le 01/01/2010 18:45, Matthew Seaman a écrit : > Warren Block wrote: >> A remote computer used by relatives is running FreeBSD and X. I'd >> like to find a method to work with the remote desktop to help them >> solve problems and maintain the system. >> >> The remote user's existing desktop should be shared, rather than >> creating a new session. >> >> Traffic and passwords should be encrypted. >> >> The remote system could be on dialup, so faster is better. >> >> The remote system should initiate the connection so there's no need >> for the remote users to change firewall settings. Also no security >> concern when the software isn't being used. >> >> So far, ssvnc and x11vnc look to be the only combination that meets >> the requirements. Are there others? > > x2x sounds like it fits the bill: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=x2x&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+7.0-RELEASE > > > The home page for x2x is at http://x2x.dottedmag.net/ but it seems to > be having a few problems at the moment. > > Note that this sends X protocol traffic across the net without > encryption, an > action that is at least as bad, and in fact, probably rather worse > than using > an unencrypted rsh or telnet session. Best to wrap everything in a > SSH or ipsec > tunnel. > > Cheers, > > Matthew Synergy can do this too http://synergy2.sourceforge.net http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/faq.html#faq5