Hi all [firstly: sorry for this long mail],
I tried to look in the internet but could not get any help
on this. I have a server which has one interface connected to the public
IP directly accesible and I have local systems in my house connecting to
the server through another interface (local 192.168.1.x IP). I want
the local systems to access the server via vnc(also). The problem is
whenever I start vnc, there is no method as-of what I could
understand to make it to listen/bind on a particular IP address.
It(vncserver) always listens on 0.0.0.0 which is not secure
enough on the internet side. I do not want to put iptables
to block input and then watch people see the port as filtered
instead of closed.
I tried installing the tightvnc server. There was an option
called -localhost which would help me to listen only on localhost
which is secure[and i can use ssh to do port forwarding] . But I found
that vncserver spawns-off Xvnc which
again starts listening on all interfaces for port 6000 which is the
X11 port and I do not want this to happen again on the internet side
of the server. [/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc already has -nolisten tcp ]
I want to completely cut-off all ports on the server side except for
the ssh port so that I can login to the server remotely if i want.
Is there any method/vnc server which i can use which is configurable
in terms of the binding interface/ip and also solves my purpose of vnc ?
thanks in advance for inputs/help.
PS: please explicit CC messages to me on your replies.
Bhasker C V
Registered linux user #306349
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