[KLUG Members] vnc and ssh tunneling...

[Mark Bystry]

WOW! great presentation. i would love to have an open-source one so that i can post it to my 
website, if you do not mind. just tell me what i need and i'll comply.

i actually figured out how to do all of this last night. i already had an ssh server running on my 
home linux box. the step that i needed to know was "vncserver -localhost -geometry 1024x768" bit. 
also, i was confused by first connecting to ssh via putty and then by tightvnc. i got it in the end 
though. i was in the process of writing a quick tutorial but your is much better than mine.

anyway, i am able to connect just fine with tunneling. i do not have a major need for this on a day 
to day basis. i just wanted to learn how to do it. i actually use vnc quite often here at work to 
attach to other pcs on our lan. but ssh alone should suffice for connecting to my home box.

thank-you.


Mark Bystry
SuSE 10.0
KDE 3.4.2


bill wrote the following on 2/14/2006 4:15 PM:
> I did a presentation on VNC that included some screen shots of the ssh
> and tunneling from a Win box.  Look here:
> 
> http://kalamazoolinux.org/presentations/history.php?year=2005
> 
> And look for the VNC presentation on 8/30.  Download the powerpoint
> file.  I have another open-source version somewhere, let me know if you
> need it.
> 
> The presentation assumes you're using putty on the Win box.  The rest is
> pretty straight-forward.
> 
> BTW, if you're using SSH to tunnel the connection, you don't need the
> encryption option of TightVNC, you can use regular old RealVNC.  Either
> should work.
> 
> kind regards,
> 
> bill
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 15:14, Mark Bystry wrote:
>> need some help here.
>>
>> i have a suse 10.0 box running sshd (all the time on port 22) and vncserver (manually started on 
>> occasion). i want to be able to vnc into my box at home from work (using my windows xp workstation 
>> and tightvnc). i want to do this securely via ssh. what are the proper steps to use ssh tunneling? 
>> and talk slowly if you know what i mean.
>>
>> thank-you
>>
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