[Cialug] Remote Access

[Tony Bibbs]

Yes

David Stout wrote:
> By default is ssh on port 22?
> 
> */David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com>/* wrote:
> 
>     If you're using VNC over untrusted networks (i.e. the internet) you
>     should tunnel it thru ssh - as it has no encryption built in - someone
>     may be able to sniff your vnc password. Also, if your doing this, you
>     only need to forward your ssh port thru the router.
> 
>     -dc
> 
>     Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
>      > What type of access do you need? A terminal window, or a full X
>     session,
>      > or something else? For just a terminal window, i'd recommend
>      > downloading PuTTY (Google for "putty" and it should be in the
>     first 2
>      > hits) and using it to SSH to your Linux box. You'll need to make
>     sure
>      > your Linux box has a routable IP, or forward the SSH port
>     (TCP/22) from
>      > a routable IP to the Linux box.
>      >
>      > X is a bit more complicated; i've never needed to go from MS
>     Windows to
>      > X Windows. There are projects such as Cygwin that will let you
>     set up
>      > an X server on Windows and then from there you'd be able to
>     connect to
>      > the Linux box and run applications. A possibly easier solution
>     would be
>      > to run VNC on the Linux box and then connect from Windows with a VNC
>      > viewer. I've done that before, though with Linux or OS X as the
>     client
>      > rather than Windows. It gives you a full desktop, and is much more
>      > responsive than X over SSH. To use VNC to go from one Linux box to
>      > another, get SSH working, then on the server do "vncserver :2
>     -geometry
>      > 1024x768 -depth 8" and on the client "vncviewer -via