From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 15 12:20:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05696 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:20:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.exo.net.au (sky-valley.exo.net.au [203.14.230.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA05691 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:20:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bullseye.apana.org.au!andymac@mail.exo.net.au) Received: by mail.exo.net.au id m101Fij-0004onC (Debian Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #2); Sat, 16 Jan 1999 07:19:53 +1100 (EST) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (central.apana.org.au [203.9.107.245]) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA05631; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 07:11:27 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 07:11:14 +1100 (EDT) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: "Michael J. Ruhl" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X servers through Network Address Translation In-Reply-To: <369E756A.74C8972D@cisco.com> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Michael J. Ruhl wrote: > I am trying to display windows from other machines (from my office at > work) to my FreeBSD box at home. (I understand about setting the display > and xhost, and stuff). > > The issue is that my FreeBSD box is connected to the network via an > ISDN router that is doing Network Address Translation. {...} Two approaches come to mind. 1) convince your router to proxy the X ports (6000?) back into your translated machine's IP. I think I've seen reference to being able to do this with NATD; whether your Cisco can I haven't the faintest idea.... 2) IIRC, ssh has some support for back channelling X traffic through its encrypted socket connection. If this is viable, it gets you the bonus of security of login to your work system, as well as fixing your basic problem. You do need to be in a position to install sshd on your work system. -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba..gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message