On Friday 07 March 2003 04:02 pm, James Spinti wrote: > On Friday 07 March 2003 03:41 pm, Justin Haaheim wrote: > > Why would it be a bad idea to open, say, 5801 to the internet? That's > > all I would need to open. I have realVNC running a mini http server > > that pops up a java applet to run vnc. This is nice because then I can > > run the remote desktop from anywhere that has a web browser with java. > > VNC runs unencrypted. You are better using X forwarding and compression > with secure shell. For example: ssh -X -C username at host > Then, from the $ there, run vncviewer 192.168.1.1:0 As an aside, doesn't tightVNC encrypt stuff? -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 http://www.linuxjustworks.com | Linux Just Works! Key fingerprint = AB15 0BDF BCDE 4369 5B42 1973 7CF1 A709 2CC1 B288 _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list