On 6/29/2011 10:09 AM, Andy Pintar wrote:
Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but I know that's quite a common
'enterprise' way of doing things, ie using hummingbird+xterm where putty
will suffice. If you just want a remote terminal, then run sshd on your
box and ssh into it.
If you want to run X apps remotely, ie the app runs on your server but
the window appears on your desktop, then you need to run X on your
server (may already be doing that), ssh into it with X forwarding (putty
config to turn on x11 forwarding), and run and X server locally (eg
hummingbird, xming). Now you can run xterm from your putty session and
it will appear on your local desktop.
My 2 cents: Don't use xdmcp. Don't use vnc. If you must, tunnel your
traffic. All exposed ports are vulnerable, limit your exposures to
things you trust (ie sshd) or things you require (ie apache).
-Andy.
</snip>
As a learning experience I'd like to figure out how to replicate the
setup that the company was using. That way if I walk into another
company using the same setup I won't be lost.
Chances are hummingbird just launched telnet or rsh and tunneled through
it. I'll have to get a hold of a Hummingbird trial and try it I guess.
David
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