On 15 February 2010 16:08, Nick Rout <[email protected]> wrote: > At work: windows computer which runs putty and vnc server. > > At home: linux machines, one running openssh server. > > Therefore I can only initiate ssh from the office end. > > I can easily use putty to enable access to web servers on the home > machine, but can I set something up so that I can connect to the vnc > server on the office machine from a vnc client at home? Is it as > simple as connecting port 5900 on the windows machine to a defined > port, say 2000, on the openssh server at home? > > Or does a tunnel like that have to be opened from the other end? >
Putty -> Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels should have what you need.
