Re: [SLUG] Linux VPNd for MS VPN clients

From: Doug Koobs (dkoobs@dkoobs.com)
Date: Fri Jul 11 2003 - 09:06:41 EDT


J. David Boyd wrote:
> On Friday 11 July 2003 07:50, you wrote:
>
>>Isn't there a product called Tight VNC that is more secure?
>>
>
>
> I use TightVNC from my Windows XP machine at work to connect to my Mandrake
> Linux 9.0 machine at home.
>
> Works great, but, unfortunately, I have NO idea how 'secure' it is.
>
You can secure it using SSH. Basically, you set up an SSH tunnel between
the two machines, and pass all the VNC data through that tunnel. It
works great! More info:

http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/cavendish/computing/hat/VNC_and_SSH.htm
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshwin.html
http://security.web.cern.ch/security/ssh/encrypt_vnc.htm

Have fun!



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