On 2012-11-29 23:05, Mike Miller wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Jima wrote:
>
>> On 2012-11-29 22:27, Mike Miller wrote:
>>
>>> UltraVNC allows for some kinds of encryption. Can the xvnc4viewer be
>>> used with the encryption, or do you just have to run UltraVNC
>>> unencrypted? I usually use Xvnc with -localhost and then use ssh
>>> portforwarding to create an SSH tunnel to connect through, but I'm
>>> not sure of how to do that when the VNC server is running on Windows.
>>
>> PuTTY with a remote port-forward? I do similar for Synergy.
>
> I don't understand how that works. I have a VNC server on a Windows box
> and PuTTY on the same Windows box, and I have the VNC viewer on a Linux
> box. How do I connect from Linux to the VNC session on Windows using
> PuTTY when PuTTY is on the Windows machine?
1. Open PuTTY
2. Enter host name/IP address of Linux box
3. Go under Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels
4. Source port: 25901
5. Destination: 127.0.0.1:5901
6. Select "Remote" radio button
7. Click "Add" button
8. (optional) Go back to Session and save
9. Click "Open" button
10. Log in
11. Run `netstat -anp | grep 25901` on the Linux box -- ta da!
Caveat: AllowTcpForwarding may need to be enabled in sshd_config.
FWIW, this is the feature provided by OpenSSH's -R flag.
Jima