From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 22 21:28:45 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 3E30A16A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:28:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth07.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth07.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E497A43D3F for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:28:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from [206.255.31.21] (helo=[192.168.63.10]) by smtpauth07.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1DDqvc-0000YV-88; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:28:44 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:28:53 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20050322155438.GC89505@ns2.wananchi.com> <200503221506.46371.algould@datawok.com> <2693.216.220.59.169.1111526814.squirrel@216.220.59.169> In-Reply-To: <2693.216.220.59.169.1111526814.squirrel@216.220.59.169> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200503221528.53983.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bc0d8f5f121a9cad972517fe2cb9da5a6f350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 cc: Ean Kingston 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 21:28:45 -0000 On Tuesday 22 March 2005 03:26 pm, Ean Kingston wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 March 2005 02:18 pm, Christopher Nehren wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> On 2005-03-22, daniel scribbled these > >> > >> curious markings: > >> > 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. > >> > >> This is why you set up an SSH tunnel between the two machines. The > >> Handbook (as always) shows how to do this, with examples. > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> Christopher Nehren > > > > To forward a VNC session through SSH, the user will need to install > > a SSH application on the Windows computer. PuTTY is a free > > example, and is available at: > > > > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ > > AFAIK Putty is a client only. The original user wanted to access his > WinXP Home system from FreeBSD. So, Putty isn't going to do it. I > think there is an OpenSSH implementation (both client and server) for > Win32 that runs on XP. I know the cygwin implementation works (but > the original poster may not want that much added to the XP system). > > http://www.cygwin.com/ and http://www.openssh.org/ You're right -- good catch. Thanks, Andrew