Subject: RE: VNC w/SSH Tunnel
From: Tim Jordan (timothy_jordan@labor.state.ak.us)
Date: Thu Jan 29 2004 - 22:11:15 AKST
Thanks Troy. Rdesktop is one of the first app's I loaded when I built
my first Gentoo box - our department is a mixed-mode Active Directory
domain (NT4, 2K, XP clients). Rdesktop is great for terminal type
connections but not the end solution for remote desktop support.
Thanks,
Tim
On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 00:40, Troy Melhase wrote:
> The client of which Jamie speaks is called rdesktop. Unsurprisingly:
>
> http://www.rdesktop.org/
>
> I've used it, and it works well. It's available in the Gentoo portage tree:
>
> $ su -
> $ emerge rdesktop
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamie Hushower [mailto:hushower@alaska-geeks.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 3:16 PM
> To: Tim Jordan
> Cc: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: Re: VNC w/SSH Tunnel
>
>
> I am unaware of an SSH server for Windows. Without such, Windows cannot
> be the end point of a VNC connection *and* all traffic remain encrypted.
> If you need encryption only on the public network (Internet), that is
> possible. My situation kept all traffic encrypted because the SSH server
> was also the VNC server.
>
> If you need encryption all the way: As you are running all Win2K and
> WinXP boxes, I recommend using Windows Terminal Services which is "built
> into" Win2K and XP. There is a client for Linux as well as Windows and
> it includes its own encryption. The only port to worry about forwarding,
> should it be necessary, is 3389, TCP. In my experience, the bandwidth
> requirements and response have been better with MSTS than VNC (and
> TightVNC) over SSH with and without SSH compression.
>
> Feel free to clarify and I will address your situation.
>
> -Jamie
>
> Tim Jordan wrote:
>
> > Jamie, Thank you.
> >
> > My scenerio: Windows 2K & XP clients inside our LAN & WAN. I'd need
> > full remote control of users PC using VNC & SSH. Our admin's run W2K &
> > Windows XP boxes, a few of us use Linux.
> >
> > I then need to sniff the traffic between the test boxes verifying the
> > remote session is encrypted.
> >
> > I have no experience with VNC or SSH. I have been reading several
> > documents pertaining to the subject. I understand the concepts now I
> > need to put it all together.
> >
> > Any advice is appreciated,
> > Tim Jordan
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 23:46, Jamie Hushower wrote:
> >
> >>/I have done it and am doing using right now. The setup is rather easy
> >>(excluding firewall issues). My setup involves using Putty (Windows)
> >>SSH to a Linux firewall running VNCServer. My intermediate firewall
> >>forwards SSH traffic into the private network and nothing else.
> >>
> >>I can offer setup specifics if you include your specifics: Windows or
> >>Linux starting point? Is the remote machine behind a firewall? Linux
> >>firewall?
> >>
> >>A good starting place for Putty tunnels is the Putty homepage: /
> >>/_http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html_.
> >>
> >>Here is a good site on Linux SSH port forwarding:
> >>_http://www.rzg.mpg.de/networking/tunnelling.html_
> >>
> >>-Jamie
> >>
> >>
> >>Tim Jordan wrote:
> >>
> >>> Anyone have a good starting place on using VNC with SSH so I can remote
> >>> control Windows desktops?
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone done this?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> TJ
> >>>
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