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Yes? What does this mean? What are you replying to? Perhaps it's a scheme by which you expect people to read what you write twice as often as anyone else, by making them read your whole message and then go back up to the top and start again? > Why can't clueful techie use VNC to talk > /directly/ to clueless luser's PC? One would _ASSUME_ -- since it is not at all clear at this point -- that you're referring to Andrew's diagram. Perhaps you missed that little pieced called "firewall" in his diagram? "Hi, Mr. Clueless Friend With A Problem, I need you to put your machine *outside* your firewall on the open internet so I can more easily connect directly to it." Not a good idea. :) > What does your "reflector" give you besides > just the IP address of luser? It lets you tunnel through firewalls. [CHOP] When I first read Andrew's request, I thought "Oh, netcat!", but I don't know enough about VNC (having never used it) to know if that would work. I would think not, if there's any sort of asymmetry to the protocol. -Stewart "Most firewalls allow all outgoing connections." Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
