Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:01:35 -0800 From: "Goodleaf, John M" <jgoodlea@fhcrc.org> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Way OT: SSH+VNC as quickndirty VPN Message-ID: <B1C5649A402DD51190930002B330A181049EC088@shemp.fhcrc.org>
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Here's the scenario: I have a Windows machine at work. I have a VNC server on it. It is behind a firewall over which I have no control, so I cannot make a direct connection to this machine from outside. What I'd like to do is to initiate a SSH connection (with compression) to my BSD machine at home (which I can do) and forward the VNC server connection through that SSH tunnel. I'd like to then lock my workstation and office, go home, and use vncviewer to have access to my workstation at work. That way I can do work at odd hours and while watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Is this possible? I have tried a few combinations of port forwarding, but for whatever reason, find it unintuitive. Can't quite get it to work. Any suggestions much appreciated. -John
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