Okay. I will try it out. Thanks for the help, Scott! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott C. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:03 AM Subject: Re: Port 80 and firewall/proxy
> Magnus: > > Heya. In addition to the firewall you have at work, all > web-traffic (ie, HTTP) is probably passed thru a web-proxy first > (a very common setup for corporate networks). Unfortunately, > a VNC Viewer is not "HTTP-proxy" aware. > > At a high level, then, you have two choices: > > 1. Try another port instead of 80. My favorite is 443, the port > used by HTTPS (in which the data content is SSL-secured, so > any packet-inspection a firewall/proxy might want to do is > pointless anyhow). Many of those common corporate network > environments will mistakenly allow anything out as long as > it's headed to TCP 443, regardless of whether it is really > in HTTPS format or not. > > 2. Try using a second application to "bypass" your workplace > firewall/proxy. HTTPort (http://www.htthost.com) looks to be > a pretty good one (though I never used it myself). It has the > advantage of not requiring you to install anything on the > target machine, just a "HTTPort client" on your VNC Viewer > machine. Other solutions, such as common "tunneling" applications > like SSH or Zebedee, require their own client alongside your > VNC Viewer as well as their own server alongside your VNC > Server. For many advanced VNC users, this is no hassle at all. > For new users ... it can be a challenge. > > Hope these suggestions help! Other ideas VNC users have > had over the years regarding this topic can be found here: > > http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/63.html > > BTW, please note: doing any of this could be contrary to > your workplace network security policy. And some managers take > such violations more seriously than others. > > cheers, > Scott > > > > Hey guys. > > I have a little problem. > > I've read all the posts regarding proxys and firewalls, and tried what I've > > found, but it still won't work. Here's the deal: > > I've got a computer at home that's behind a router. I want to be able to > > control this computer from work. > > At work I have no rights to open ports, and the computer uses a proxy. > > Port 80 is open because WWW works. > > I've set the vnc server to port 80, and I forwarded port 80 on the router to > > the vnc PC. > > I asked a friend to connect to my vnc using vnc viewer: <ip>::80, and it > > works. > > However, from work it does not. I've tried the negative port number (-5820) > > and it doesn't work either. > > Does anyone have any idea on what can be done to solve this? > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. Much thanks > > / Magnus > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
