Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:06:46 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Christopher Nehren <apeiron+usenet@coitusmentis.info> Subject: Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely Message-ID: <200503221506.46371.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <slrnd40vji.k8r.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <20050322155438.GC89505@ns2.wananchi.com> <200503221102.48828.freebsd@danielquinn.org> <slrnd40vji.k8r.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org>
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On Tuesday 22 March 2005 02:18 pm, Christopher Nehren wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2005-03-22, daniel scribbled these > > curious markings: > > security note: > > vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any > > ports you open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even > > better, try a knocking daemon. > > This is why you set up an SSH tunnel between the two machines. The > Handbook (as always) shows how to do this, with examples. > > Best Regards, > Christopher Nehren To forward a VNC session through SSH, the user will need to install a SSH application on the Windows computer. PuTTY is a free example, and is available at: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Andrew Gould
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