I don't know what Paul's aim is but the -X flag for ssh is great for running one program over the network, specially a lan. I've been in environments with x-term thin clients and have used the -X option to get programs from a server that wasn't hosting my x-term session. That is a good example of it's use. I'm not sure how well ssh x-windows thing works over the internet and if the data is compressed. If the data is compressed, I bet the extra bytes the encryption puts on takes away any advantages from compression.
If you want a whole desktop, and you are doing it over the internet, something like freenx is what you need. I haven't played arround with RDP on the windows side that much, but I bet freenx performs just as well as RDP on limited bandwith connections. Chris ________________________________ From: Chris Penn <[email protected]> To: SoCal LUG Users List <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:36:49 PM Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] ssh vpn nxclient Have you tried the -X flag for ssh. Is that enough? Chris... On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Chris Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: I've used freenx a lot. Paul, just install the freenx server on your friend's box, open up port 22 on his router and install the freenx client on your box. No need to setup a VPN. Your freind might want to setup an account with a dynamic DNS service like dyndns.org so you don't have to worry about ip addresses changing. Chris On Nov 12, 2008, at 1:07 AM, "Dante Lanznaster" <[email protected]> wrote: take a look at this article: http://www.drtek.ca/freenx-server-ubuntu-hardy On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> wrote: I'm putting it on ubuntu. It is not available in the package manager, as far as I can tell. I looked in the synaptic package manager, and it was not there. ________________________________ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:58:32 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] ssh vpn nxclient which distro are you installing it on? isn't it available on the package manager? (apt, yum, emerge, whatever) On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> wrote: okay, that answers my question. I found the script for installing nxclient. # sudo dpkg -i nxclient_X.Y.Z-W_i386.deb should I put the deb package in the opt directory and depackage it there? is the opt directory as good as any for that? Thanks ________________________________ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:51:39 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] ssh vpn nxclient why don't you just use SSH and be done with it? If you're really worried, then use key-only authentication and disable passwords on the SSH server. No need to have 10 steps of encryption. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> wrote: is it common to vpn inside of ssh, or to ssh inside of vpn? or is that overkill? does anyone know the script for installing nxclient in ubuntu? If I want to nxclient into my friends computer to configure his computer remotely, do I need to have nxclient on my computer, and nxserver on his computer? thanks ________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live Click here _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers ________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live Click here _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers ________________________________ Get 5 GB of storage with Windows Live Hotmail. Sign up today. _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose
