Hi:
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:40:17 -0600, Craig Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to connect from my Mac (which runs Apple's X11) to my linux box > through ssh using X11forwarding. When I connect to my linux box by typing > "ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED]", everything seem fine but when I try to start a This may help: Using SSH in OS X http://stocksy.is-a-geek.com/information/ssh/ssh.php EXCERPT: Tunnelling unsecure protocols over ssh If you're not familiar with it, VNC is a protocol used to view the desktop of a host using another host on a network. VNC is an unencrypted protocol. If you used it 'naked' over the Internet, somebody could sniff the packets and compromise your Mac. What's needed is an ssh tunnel to encrypt the VNC packets as they travel through the internet: Setting up the tunnel is easy, you just need to know the IP address of the remote host and the port number that VNC is running on (usually 5900). The syntax of the command is: ssh -L [local port]:127.0.0.1:[remote port] [EMAIL PROTECTED] .... _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list http://www.cwelug.org/ [email protected] http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug
