William Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have you read the "Useful Links" at the bottom of
> http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html ?

Yes, but most of them talked about the internals of SSH itself.  It
didn't seem terribly relevant to what I was looking to do.


> You need an SSH server.  PuTTY is just an SSH client.

Ah ha, I think this is the key.  After you said this, I went looking for
a WinSSH server.  I found one, OpenSSH for Windows, but it seems that
this project stopped back on Nov 20.


> There are also other encrypted tunneling options available (Zebedee
> comes to mind, along with full blown VPN).

I did a google search on Zebedee, and found the main site for it.  But I
couldn't *really* tell what was involved in setting this up.

= = =
Maybe I should start at the beginning.  Basically, this friend has 2
computers, 1 running WinXP, the other Win2000 Pro.  WinXP has something
called "Remote Desktop Connection" - basically Terminal Services.  But
to get this for the Win2k box, he'd have to be running server.

So rather than try to find a Terminal Services/RDC server for Win2k Pro,
I suggested using WinVNC (which I already use to maintain my mother's
computer remotely).  But he's behind a firewall, meaning getting to the
WinVNC server is not possible without using some sort of tunneling.

My question:
a) is WinVNC using tunneling the best approach for what we're trying to
do?

b) if (a) is YES, then what's the best way to go about it - keeping in
mind that we're talking about Win-Win?  Some step-by-step getting
started advice would be helpful here...

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Chris Barnes                                       AOL IM: CNBarnes
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Texas A&M University
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