John, This is not quite true. VNC [Free Edition] 4 does not provide encrypted sessions, but VNC Enterprise and Personal Editions do.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Aldrich > Sent: 08 December 2004 21:43 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: RE: VNC doesn't work through Linksys - my setup > is correct i think > > Oh, yeah... VNC by itself is NOT encrypted in any way. I use > the method you > describe to connect to my machine at home from work... and > I'm reasonably > certain that 1) My boss can't see what I'm doing <G> and 2) No one is > sniffing my VNC traffic and there's no strangers connecting to my VNC > server. BTW, if anyone would like, I'll post the script I > wrote to launch > the VNC server on my linux box at home. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 3:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: VNC doesn't work through Linksys - my setup > is correct > i think > > > hmmm, let's see. i know my web traffic is going through our > local proxy > server, but i have some ibm contractors sitting next to me > who get to the > internet without going through our local proxy server. i'm > not sure how the > ftp traffic is getting routed, as i'm just doing that through > the command > line. i hadn't thought of that, but i don't think all > traffic goes throught > the proxy server - just the web (http/https) traffic. > > i'm going to try the http://www.gotomyvnc in a few hours when > i get home. > if that works, i may just try and change the port to 443 and try that > tomorrow from work. i'm also considering setting up OpenSSH > up on my server > at home and setting up a SSH tunnel with it and PuTTY. i > would imagine that > that's the optimal solution anyway. > > > > > > From: "James Weatherall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2004/12/08 Wed PM 03:14:03 EST > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: VNC doesn't work through Linksys - my setup is > correct i > think > > > > Hi there, > > > > One thing that occurred to me, reading some of the replies to your > question, > > is that some companies don't *actually* allow traffic out > to the Internet. > > Instead, all HTTP/HTTPS/FTP, etc passes through an internal > proxy server - > > they don't allow any internal machines to connect directly > to the outside > > world at all. > > > > Could this be your problem? If so then there are some > tools you can use > to > > get things working through the web proxy. > > > > Regards, > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 08 December 2004 14:04 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: VNC doesn't work through Linksys - my setup is > > > correct i think > > > > > > i have vnc running on a windows 2003 server on my home > > > network. the internal ip address of this box at home is > > > 192.168.1.10. i did a standard install of the latest > > > download of vnc server so it's listening on port 5900 while > > > the java http server is listening on port 5800. i have the > > > windows firewall enabled on this network card and am allowing > > > the following ports through (21/tcp, 80/tcp, 5800/tcp/udp, > > > 5900/tcp/udp. i have gone into my linsys firewall/router and > > > have forwarded this exact list of ports to 192.168.1.10. > > > > > > now, from work i can open up IE and hit the website on > > > 192.168.1.10. i just browse to my public ip address and the > > > firewall/router forwards the port 80 traffic over to > > > 192.168.1.10. works great. > > > > > > also from work i can pull up a command prompt and ftp to my > > > ftp server on 192.168.1.10. the firewall/router forwards the > > > port 21 traffic over to 192.168.1.10. works great. i "put" > > > a 160Mb file onto the ftp server from work and it worked great. > > > > > > now, when i try to access vnc, i get an error. it just hangs > > > for a minute and then i get "unable to connect to host: > > > Connection timed out (10060). the java web client doesn't > > > work either. i know the server's up and running b/c i can > > > web/ftp to it. i know my router/firewall can forward ports > > > b/c it's doing it with the port 80 and port 21 traffic. i > > > know vnc works b/c i can get to it both through the standard > > > client and the web client when i am within my home network > > > (192.168.1.x). is there something else i have to enable on > > > my router/firewall besides just simple port forwarding? > > > > > > i have a pretty good grasp of the basics here and as far as i > > > can tell everything's setup properly. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
