Hi Josh, Here's a link to the remote X-Apps mini howto.
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Remote-X-Apps.html It occurs to me that you may, either now or in the future, wish to connect to several different computers behind the firewall by name. For example, you may, from your local client (technically termed the 'server' in X protocol parlance), wish to connect to X applications on both server1.remotehost.com and server2.remotehost.com. To actually reach the remote box behind the remote firewall (if not using NAT beyond the initial connection or you wish to connect to more than one remote machine) you need to use SSH tunneling. Basic introduction here: http://www.revsys.com/writings/quicktips/ssh-tunnel.html One could also set up a permanent Virtual Private Network connection for this purpose. Now, if you ran SSH through OpenVPN you would experience performance problems. Still, if you ran, unencrypted, "plain Jane" remote X sessions through the VPN connection this might really do the trick. I write, "might" as I do not know your specific bandwidth resources. The VPN/X route gives you the ability to do more than just remote X connections--the VPN essentially "joins" your local X server into the network of the remote network. See the diagram under the 'Road Warrior' section here: http://www.shorewall.net/OPENVPN.html The above assumes you do not wish to open a separate port on the firewall for each remote machine. I for security reasons this should be so. In summary, compressed SSH sessions are what you want for individual connections to the remote machine. SSH tunneling will provide you with multiple remote computer connections. If it seems reasonable that you will expand the services between these two networks, consider unencrypted X sessions over a Virtual Private Network. Very Best, -Coop -- D. Cooper Stevenson ph: 541.971.0366 em: [email protected] www: http://cooper.stevenson.name _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
