<DIV>Well I am able to SSH in and can get a terminal window. The problem was that outgoing port 22 was blocked here at work. Thank you to everyone who responded. </DIV> <DIV>I do have another question in regard to this can I tunnel vnc though SSH? if so where would I find documentation on doing that.<BR><BR><B><I>Don Cady <donc5@mchsi.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">IIRC, the password doesn't actually get sent in the clear. It's everything <BR>after the authentication we should worry about. The entire session can be <BR>listened-in on after you've logged in. The data stream can be captured, <BR>saved, and replayed at any point in the future, and that includes all <BR>keystrokes.<BR><BR>Don<BR><BR>>I don't have any thoughts on why it won't connect, but I'll reiterate<BR>> the point above that you should tunnel VNC through ssh. Especially if<BR>> you have port 5900
open. If some bored sysadmin between networks<BR>> started doing some sniffing, he could see your password, then login to<BR>> your machine, as you.<BR>><BR>> I VNC into my machines at home, tunnelling through ssh. I can even<BR>> VNC into my Windows desktop. I issue the following command:<BR>><BR>> ssh -L 5900:192.168.0.2:5900 linux.box.com, where 192.168.0.2 is my<BR>> Windows box. Then, I start VNCViewer, telling it to go to localhost.<BR>><BR>> As far as VNC on Linux, I found a page a couple years ago that<BR>> suggested putting several entries in /etc/services for different<BR>> resolutions. In my /etc/services, I have the following:<BR>> #<BR>> # VNC Servers<BR>> #<BR>> vnc-640x480x8 5950/tcp<BR>> vnc-800x600x8 5951/tcp<BR>> vnc-1024x768x8 5952/tcp<BR>> vnc-1152x864x8 5953/tcp<BR>> vnc-1280x1024x8 5954/tcp<BR>> vnc-1600x1200x8 5955/tcp<BR>><BR>> vnc-640x480x16 5960/tcp<BR>> vnc-800x600x16
5961/tcp<BR>> vnc-1024x768x16 5962/tcp<BR>> vnc-1152x864x16 5963/tcp<BR>> vnc-1280x1024x16 5964/tcp<BR>> vnc-1600x1200x16 5965/tcp<BR>><BR>> vnc-640x480x24 5970/tcp<BR>> vnc-800x600x24 5971/tcp<BR>> vnc-1024x768x24 5972/tcp<BR>> vnc-1152x864x24 5973/tcp<BR>> vnc-1280x1024x24 5974/tcp<BR>> vnc-1600x1200x24 5975/tcp<BR>><BR>> vnc-640x480x32 5980/tcp<BR>> vnc-800x600x32 5981/tcp<BR>> vnc-1024x768x32 5982/tcp<BR>> vnc-1152x864x32 5983/tcp<BR>> vnc-1280x1024x32 5984/tcp<BR>> vnc-1600x1200x32 5985/tcp<BR>><BR>> Then if I want to connect to my Linux box at 1280x1024x32, I specify<BR>> :84 as the destination display for VNC. VNC displays an X login, and<BR>> I'm good to go. This is using RH 7.2.<BR>><BR>> On 8/8/06, Justin Richeson <JRNOSEE@GMAIL.COM>wrote:<BR>>> I have a question on this though. I've got a linux system setup at home<BR>>> that has vncserver running on it (ubuntu remote desktop)
and I can access <BR>>> it<BR>>> from my windows desktop on my home network, but when I try and connect <BR>>> from<BR>>> elsewhere (I have port 5900 forwarded to it on my router) it won't <BR>>> connect.<BR>>> Any thoughts?<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> On 8/8/06, Daniel A. Ramaley <DANIEL.RAMALEY@DRAKE.EDU>wrote:<BR>>> > On Tuesday 08 August 2006 09:21, David Stout wrote:<BR>>> > >No my machine does not have a public ip. So If I forward port 22 on my<BR>>> > > router then install VNC viewer on the win x box Do I also need VNC<BR>>> > > Server installed on the SuSe 10.1 box or does it come installed?<BR>>> ><BR>>> > VNC server will need to be on the Linux box. I do not use Suse, but i<BR>>> > know that 10.1 is fairly recent so i would be surprised if it does not<BR>>> > include VNC packages on the installation media.<BR>>> ><BR>>>
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