Subject: Re: ssh -X versus VNC
From: Justin Dieters (enderak@gci.net)
Date: Mon Feb 24 2003 - 22:12:47 AKST
Hmmm.. I've always used ssh before, I'll have to look into doing it
without ssh...
But you did answer my question about VNC - sounds like it's more than
what I need. :)
Thanks,
Justin
bryan@ak.net wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 06:34:38PM -0900, Justin Dieters <enderak@gci.net> wrote:
>
>>Anyway, my question is, what would be the advantages of using VNC versus
>>just 'ssh -X'? I don't need to see my whole desktop, and I'm on a local
>>network which is firewalled off from the internet. Both machines are
>>RedHat 7.3, so Windows/Linux issues are not a problem. Do I have any
>>reason to use one over the other?
>
>
> Pardon me for not answering the question :), but do you need
> either one? If you're on a protected local network, then security
> isn't a big concern, so ssh is superfluous (unless, of course, there
> are other users on the LAN you don't want to see your X session).
> VNC is a bandwidth hog.
>
> It's pretty simple to use X's innate ability to display a program's
> output on a remote computer. This is what I've done for most of
> the years since I started using Linux.
>
> --
> Bryan Medsker
> bryan@ak.net
>
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