>I have tried to use SSH as specified in the documentation for encrypting
>my VNC
>session.
>
>I have succesfully installed OpenSSH on two Linux PCs and I can SSH
>between the
>two just fine.
>
>(PC1 is client and PC2 is server)
>On establishing the redirection from PC1 using:
>
>ssh -L 5802:home.dns.entry:5801 home.dns.entry
>
>I get prompted for the VNC password and allowed in OK. I now have a SSH
>terminal session on PC2.
>
>I then try to open a VNC connection from PC1 using the netscape browser at the
>following URL:
>
>http://localhost:5802
>
>I get an error message on PC1 stating that "a network error occured while
>Netscape was receiving data.(Network error: broken pipe) Try connecting again.
>
>On my PC2 ssh terminal session, I get the following error:
>
>"channel_open_failure:2 reason 1: bla bla"
>
>The connection works fine without the encryption. I.E:
>
>http://home.dns.entry:5801
>
>Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?
Yeah, you're only forwarding the browser's port (580x), not the actual VNC
port (590x).
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