From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 11 21:19:29 2004 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 3026C16A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:19:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0757A43D39 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:19:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from [206.255.31.21] (helo=[192.168.63.10]) by smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1CSMLm-00052N-MB; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:19:26 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:19:35 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20041110231449.GG39219@keyslapper.org> <4193CB21.5020303@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <4193CB21.5020303@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200411111519.35463.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bc35ae9e8725b5563ae90a5d3627e75090350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 cc: Louis LeBlanc cc: Benjamin Walkenhorst Subject: Re: RDEsktop/VNC questions 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: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:19:29 -0000 On Thursday 11 November 2004 02:27 pm, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > Louis LeBlanc wrote: > >Quick question about interconnectivity. > > > >You OSX users may be familiar with a very slick little utility > > called RDC (Remote Desktop Connection). Some of you other *BSDers > > may also be familiar with one called VNC (Visual Network Connection > > ?) or RDP (?). The purpose of said utilities is to provide a sort > > of graphical shell similar to an X session from a remote machine in > > a window. > > > >There are several rdesktop and vnc clients in the ports, so rather > > than go through the flurry of install-tryout-uninstall/repeat, I > > figured I'd go to the place to ask questions. Here. > > > >So, who's using these clients, and how effective have you been > > finding them? Any gotchas? How cool is it? Do they just plain > > suck? And more to the point, which one(s) should I start with on > > the short list? > > > >All feedback is welcome - and appreciated. > >Lou > > In my experience, vnc is painfully slow. > rdesktop on the other hand has always performed to my full > satisfaction. On Unix machines (and IIRC OSX, as well) you can also > use X11 (preferrably tunneled > through ssh). > > Kind regards, > Benjamin In addition to being secure, tunnelling apps through ssh allows you to minimize the number of ports you leave open in your firewall. (In fact, I think rsync works through ssh by default. You can also start a ssh connection from within kermit for a secure kermit connection.) Andrew Gould