----- Original Message ----- From: "daniel akacki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 7:26 PM Subject: Port Fowarding
> First question, I have VNC set up on my network as my primary remote > system, the only way I know of so far to set it up is set up port > forwarding on my router to forward to one specific IP address, so when I > connect over the internet I put in the public IP of my network and > connect to only that one computer, and if say I want to go to my desktop > instead of my server I have to change the setting in my router or do a > VNC inside a VNC which is, as I'm sure you know, UNGODLY SLOW. Is there > a way to set it up so I have a choice of which unit I want to VNC into? > What different ports can I use for VNC and how can I specify in the view > which PC I want to go to? > > Second how can I make a VNC connection to a private network over the > internet more secure? I've been trying to read up on how to tunnel VNC > through SSH...and I think I get the jist of it...kind of like putting an > egg inside a steel tube for protection right. the egg (data) gets > transferred back and forth thru the tube (SSH of whatever protocol I > use) and noone can break (hack) it...am i'm understanding this > correctly? > > after that i'm kind of lost, how do I implement something like this?? > anything i've been finding on SSH has been ported mainly towards Unix > and to to use it with Windows you have to jump through a thousand > hoops...is SSH my only option, what else can do with this? Look here to setup a windows SSH server. Then you can forward only one port (22) to your SSH server and you will vnc over that. After you install SSHd (hope you have Windows NT/2K/XP as win9x/ME don't work for this) take a look here to connect to VNC via SSH: http://tech.erdelynet.com/ssh-vnc.html . Rach http://scootergirl.cjb.net/P250/ <-- 668.46 KB _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
