From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 22 16:08:35 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBEDB16A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:08:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3439543D53 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:08:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linicks@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a41so1435803rng for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:08:34 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=RgCyy/8j3Wbh1S1nHuj05U++HabR4a+nsKSE9cT2EdUzelNfRjczwNktsgkniecYfxCBor8KeqD3bxaAfgp4mMgG5ER+Lt8q1FiDcXJDNssEpfpMnJ0m1Y0+w1P47zlmGdXFsvzVj9C1rtZCkf8dUjhZzR94KE6TzwRogcbp668= Received: by 10.38.76.23 with SMTP id y23mr2802724rna; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:08:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.165.35 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:08:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:08:34 -0700 From: Nick Pavlica To: daniel In-Reply-To: <200503221102.48828.freebsd@danielquinn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20050322155438.GC89505@ns2.wananchi.com> <200503221102.48828.freebsd@danielquinn.org> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Nick Pavlica List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:08:35 -0000 VNC works very well for me, good suggestion! --Nick On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, daniel wrote: > On March 22, 2005 10:54 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from > > home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. > > I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will > > enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like krdesktop, > > from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me > > access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. > > i'd suggest vnc: > http://www.realvnc.com/ > http://www.tightvnc.com/ > > you use realvnc to install the server, then tightvnc to connect (i find it's > faster than the normal vnc client. then to connect all you need is X running > and: > > $ vncviewer > > security note: > vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any ports you > open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a knocking > daemon. > > -- > i hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied > corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of > strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. > - thomas Jefferson, 1816 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >