From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 22 16:25:50 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 B667916A4CF for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:25:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2185143D3F for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:25:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from [206.255.31.21] (helo=[192.168.63.10]) by smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1DDmCR-0006Zd-Ek; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:25:47 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:25:55 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20050322155438.GC89505@ns2.wananchi.com> <200503221102.48828.freebsd@danielquinn.org> In-Reply-To: <200503221102.48828.freebsd@danielquinn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200503221025.55911.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bc3d23bb2cf3238568016a3e1d191a2af2350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 cc: daniel Subject: Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:25:50 -0000 On Tuesday 22 March 2005 10:02 am, 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. One of the advantages of running the tightvnc server is that it also runs a java web server so that you can access the tightvnc server from an internet browser without the use of a tightvnc client. The port number equals 5800 plus the windown number. For example, to access window 1 at 192.168.0.2, to go: http://192.168.0.2:5801 Caveat: I've only tested this from Win2K to FreeBSD, not the other way around. Best of luck, Andrew Gould