On Tuesday 21 October 2003 01:51 pm, Grant wrote: > > 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
The machine I am accessing is on a cable modem at home it is a 128Kb/s up and 3000Kb/s down setup. I am accessing it from a machine that has 512/512Kb/s. The performance seems acceptable to me, although there is some lag. I also use this on several other machines on cable modem and it seems just as good. It is more responsive at certain times of the day, but I think this has more to do with overall Internet traffic. Also the screen resolution you use will have an impact on performance. 800x600 will refresh much faster than 1152x864 (which is what I am using). Although I wouldn't recommend it for everyday use, I have done this over a dial-up connection in an emergency and was able to perform the task I was trying to accomplish. I run both PuTTY and vncviewer right off of the CD, and I suppose you could easily use a usb thumb drive too. Nothing is installed on the client computer, although PuTTy makes a few entries in the Windows registry which are documented on the PuTTy site and can be easily removed. In fact I think they talk about setting up a batch file to do this, although I have not taken the time to investigate it. I just use regedit to quickly remove the settings. -- /g "Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read" -Groucho Marx
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