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 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
