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Date:      Sat, 15 Jul 2000 16:55:04 -0700
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To:        Kevin Gross <kc144@sprynet.com>
Cc:        questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Running FreeBSD X applications from a networked WindowsNT
Message-ID:  <20000715165504.C273@dialin-client.earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <000901bfeeae$ef97dad0$039cc0d8@144>; from kc144@sprynet.com on Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 06:49:25PM -0400
References:  <000901bfeeae$ef97dad0$039cc0d8@144>

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On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 06:49:25PM -0400, Kevin Gross wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got two computers, one running FreeBSD 4 stable and the other running
> WindowsNT 4.0 sp6a.  They are connected via ethernet.  I would like to use
> X-WinPro 5.3 (an X server for Windows) to connect to my BSD box with the
> obvious purpose of running some x-windows programs in WindowsNT.  I want to
> keep my BSD box secure (it is also connected to the internet). 

X and security do not mix well.

> How do I
> set up FreeBSD to enable remote X sessions?

There is not really anything to set up if the FreeBSD box has X
installed. Remember the concept of client and server are somewhat
reverse when you start talking about X. The majority of the security
risk is at your X server, the NT machine.

However, I would recommend that you use SSH to tunnel your X session
between the client and server. This requires an SSH client on your X
server that does tunneling.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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