Tom, It's possible to tunnel VNC over ssh. Two ways. tight vnc has a switch built in (-tunnel) for regular VNC (wich you seem to have) try this link http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html
It covers how to use VNC over ssh. That way you don't need to open additional ports. James On 06 Feb 2002 21:19:02 +0000 Tom Badran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ive installed 8.2 beta today, very impressed. And have set up VNC using > rfbdrake and it was working beautifully. However i used mandrake > firewall to set up a firewall that only allows ssh connections, and it > didnt ask me about VNC. How can i make an adjustment to the setup so > that it also alows VNC while still blocking all other ports, except ssh, > and have the changes saved so that they are not reset every time i boot > the machine. > > Also, now i have the setup as i want, is is simply a matter of using an > iptables command to unblock vnc, then using 'service iptables save' and > just using the iptables service instead of bastille-firewall, or does > the bastille package offer something over the standard iptables based > firewall service. > > Sorry if this is all a bit newbish but i relaliesed today ive never done > anything except masquerading with iptables. > > Thanks > > Tom > > -- > Tom "Tomahawk" Badran > Imperial College, Department of Computing > ----------------------------------------- > PGP Public @ certserver.pgp.com >
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