> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Pavlica > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 21:39 > To: daniel > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Accessing Windows XP Desktop (Home Edition) remotely > > VNC works very well for me, good suggestion! > > --Nick > > > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On March 22, 2005 10:54 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > I have this big curse that I have to access the office computer from > > > home. The office PC runs WinXP Home, not Professional. > > > I have turned the Internet upside-down trying to get an app that will > > > enable me access the goddamn XP desktop, using something like > krdesktop, > > > from home. Something that can run on the Windows XP and provide me > > > access to it's desktop from a FreeBSD box running KDE. > > > > i'd suggest vnc: > > http://www.realvnc.com/ > > http://www.tightvnc.com/ > > > > you use realvnc to install the server, then tightvnc to connect (i find > it's > > faster than the normal vnc client. then to connect all you need is X > running > > and: > > > > $ vncviewer <ipaddress> > > > > security note: > > vnc is *not* encrypted and is not generally considered secure. any > ports you > > open/forward should be directed to your ip only. even better, try a > knocking > > daemon. > > > > -- > > i hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied > > corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial > of > > strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. > > - thomas Jefferson, 1816 > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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