> On Tuesday 21 October 2003 12:54 pm, Grant wrote: > > I'll be traveling off and on for the foreseable future, and I > don't want to > > bring a laptop. What I'd like is some kind of a setup that allows me to > > connect to a remote machine that I've set up and use my apps > through there > > from Internet cafes. What do you guys think might work? > > > > Also, I'm a little paranoid of keystroke loggers in Internet > cafes. I was > > wondering if anyone has created any kind of an application to solve that > > problem. Maybe an on-screen representation of a keyboard that > allows you > > to save your "click-strokes" to the clipboard? > > > > - Grant > > Okay, here's what I do. The machine I am connecting to, which is > in my home > office, is set behind a firewall that is forwarding port 22 for ssh > connections. Then I run vncserver with fluxbox as the window manager. I > then carry in my briefcase, a mini cd that has a windows ssh > client and the > windows and linux vncviewer. I use PuTTy for the windows ssh > client. It is > free and very easy to use. > > From whatever computer I am at that has Internet access (Windows > or Linux), I > can set up an ssh session that forwards the vnc port to the local > machine, > and then I use the vncviewer through the ssh tunnel to access my desktop. > > In fact, this is how I am typing this email right now. When the > rules say you > cannot access personal e-mail at work, us Linux users have an > advantage ;-) > -- > /g
Nice! That sounds very slick, but how is the lag time? What kind of connection are you using on the client computer? Nothing has to be installed for you on the client computer? - Grant
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