----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "VNC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 4:28 PM Subject: Re: Win-to-Win with firewall on both ends
> William Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And the author points out that using Cygwin is an alternative. > > True, but he assumes that the reader knows what Cygwin is in the first > place. I don't. For that matter, even after further reading, I still > don't know (hey, I did say I was a newbie). I'm really not trying to sound like a smart ass here, but meet me half way. If you follow the link provided (or use Google): "Cygwin is a UNIX environment, developed by Red Hat, for Windows." And there is quite a bit of documentation on the Cygwin page. [snip] > >> 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? > > I haven't said much about it because I don't control it (answering both > questions at the same time). I know that there are very few ports open; > but http, smtp, & ssh are amoung them. > Are these ports open inbound or outbound only? Not controlling the firewall is a very bad thing. If there is an open SSH port into the network, that probably means the admin already has a SSH server set up. Why don't you talk to the admin about getting a port forwarded in for VNC? As a network admin I would say there is a reason for the firewall. Working with the admin will be much better than the hell you will catch for running unauthorized servers. -- William Hooper My mind not only wanders; sometimes it leaves completely. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
