On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 09:20:12PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 10:47:16AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > security of my data and a need to use a browser with javascript and > > sometimes flash; some sites only work with Iceweasel. > > You're over-complicating this. You can use X without forwarding X11 by > tunneling VNC or using nxclient. Both methods display the remote X11 > sessions without giving the remote system access to your local X server. > > For SSH, just start vncserver with the -localhost flag, and forward port > 59xx as follows: > > ssh -L5900:localhost:5900 vncserver.example.com > > If you're using tightvnc (or the Debianizd vnc4 packages) you can do the > same thing with the -via flag to vncviewer. Then just connect to > localhost:0 with VNC, and voila!
Thanks. I think I still need to get my data off the same box as that from which I browse with javascript and flash. Once that's done, I don't need use X remotely anyway (at least not between a secure and unsecure box). Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
