Also, I've used the LiveCD handed out at an UUG meeting last winter quite a bit. Is it possible to run cygwin from CD without actually installing it?
John Noll wrote:
Thank you for all the information. From what I gathered from my own research, VNC is not secure. I would therefore prefer using cygwin and ssh. I'll give it a try.
I'll probably also experiment with VNC from inside my home network just to see how it works.
By the way, I know I'll need to setup port forwarding on my router to make this work. What port does ssh use? Is that the only port I'll need to open for the cygwin/ssh solution? Also, what port does VNC use?
Thanks for all of your help,
john
Soren Harward wrote:
On Fri 05 Dec 2003 at 12:51:25, John Noll said:
Sorry for the confusion. All I want to do is connect to my linux box from my windows 2000 laptop remotely. I would prefer a GUI environment as apposed to the ssh command line solution. I heard you can open a gui interface through ssh, but I can't get that working. That would probably be the most secure. (I think I could use cygwin on windows for that solution?) I really just want the most secure gui-type remote connection available. I just want to be able to connect to my home machine while I'm away. The laptop I am using was provided by my work, and they don't want me installing a bunch of my own applications.
Okay, you're kinda caught between two desires here:
- over-the-network security (not MS's hallmark) - not installing new software
I would highly recommend installing cygwin on the laptop, setting up X on it (which is really quite easy), and from the X window ssh-ing into your home box. If you decide to go this route, then I can help you get everything set up. If not, then install the VNC server on your linux machine and the client on your Windows machine.
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