On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 23:12:59 -0400 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 22:37:44 -0400 > Guy Rouillier disseminated the following: > > > > Actually - I prefer VNC to VPN; although, if you're keen on VPN > > > you should check out Sourceforge... > > > > I don't see how VNC is going to help. If his employer has a > > firewall, he is going to have to establish a VPN connection first > > before he can use VNC. > > Couldn't you just open the appropriate port on the firewall for the > VNC connection (the same as you would do with a VPN) and forward it to > the appropriate machine which has access to the shared dirs, etc.?
I suppose that would be possible. But if the employer has a VPN, they obviously want their employees to use that, so probably wouldn't be interested in punching holes in their firewalls. If they were, there would be no need for a VPN. > > I still agree the VPN sol'n is the best though. > > -- > JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org > 23:09:52 up 18 days, 15:24, 6 users, load average: 0.10, 0.04, 0.00 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > "One of the most dangerous errors of our time is the belief that human > beings are uniquely violent animals, barely restrained from committing > atrocities on each other by the constraints of ethics, religion, and > the state." -- Eric S. Raymond > > -- Guy Rouillier
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