> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris Barnes > > 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.
There are three documents that detail setting up an SSH server on MS Windows based machines. > > 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. And the author points out that using Cygwin is an alternative. > > 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. > There is a "Use with VNC" section in the Zebedee manual page. > = = = > 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? When using VNC over the Internet tunneling is always a more secure approach. > > 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... You haven't explained much about the firewall you are talking about. If you don't control the firewall you won't be able to get SSH traffic to the Win2K machine either. You would need to open a port on the firewall for SSH traffic. Do you control the firewall? -- William Hooper _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
