Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 16:55:04 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Kevin Gross <kc144@sprynet.com> Cc: questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD X applications from a networked WindowsNT Message-ID: <20000715165504.C273@dialin-client.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <000901bfeeae$ef97dad0$039cc0d8@144>; from kc144@sprynet.com on Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 06:49:25PM -0400 References: <000901bfeeae$ef97dad0$039cc0d8@144>
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On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 06:49:25PM -0400, Kevin Gross wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got two computers, one running FreeBSD 4 stable and the other running > WindowsNT 4.0 sp6a. They are connected via ethernet. I would like to use > X-WinPro 5.3 (an X server for Windows) to connect to my BSD box with the > obvious purpose of running some x-windows programs in WindowsNT. I want to > keep my BSD box secure (it is also connected to the internet). X and security do not mix well. > How do I > set up FreeBSD to enable remote X sessions? There is not really anything to set up if the FreeBSD box has X installed. Remember the concept of client and server are somewhat reverse when you start talking about X. The majority of the security risk is at your X server, the NT machine. However, I would recommend that you use SSH to tunnel your X session between the client and server. This requires an SSH client on your X server that does tunneling. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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