Re: Using Putty for tunneling VNC through SSH

[Nicholas B. <ge...@ya...>]

Hmmm have question...
What is the difference between using PuTTY to tunnel and stunnel to tunnel?
Cuz if none, stunnel is MOUNDS eaasier to configure.  Requires one text file
thats all.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <Benjamin@Weiss.name>
To: <jo...@ch...>
Cc: <vnc...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:50 AM
Subject: Using Putty for tunneling VNC through SSH


> Folks,
>
> Sorry, I found an error in my tutorial.  In the tunnel section, I was
> advocating putting in the hostname instead of localhost.  This works in
many
> cases where people are using a static IP and hostname, but in many other
> cases it doesn't work properly.
>
> I've fixed the tutorial so that it properly reflects using the
> localhost:port in the tunnel section of PuTTY, so if you're trying to get
it
> to work, please look at my page again. Make sure that you refresh it to
> clear any cache.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ben
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <Benjamin@Weiss.name>
> To: <jo...@ch...>
> Cc: <vnc...@li...>
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Configuring VNC access through router.
>
>
> > I've seen many requests on how to tunnel VNC from a windows box to a
linux
> > box through ssh using PuTTY.  Took me awhile, with much help on this
list
> to
> > get it right, so I thought I'd do a little tutorial on it.  Nothing on
how
> > to get VNC running, just how to set up the tunnel.  If there's enough
> > interest, I might expand on it.
> >
> > I've got it on my home computer at:
> >
> > http://www.benjamin.weiss.name/putty-tunnel.html
> >
> > But my apache doesn't start automatically when I reboot, so I'd
certainly
> > not cry if somebody wanted to host it somewhere else.
> >
> > Let me know what you think about it, any pointers or suggestions would
be
> > welcome.
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Aldrich" <jo...@ch...>
> > To: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <Benjamin@Weiss.name>
> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 1:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: Configuring VNC access through router.
> >
> >
> > > On Monday 24 February 2003 02:09 pm, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
> > > > What ports are you forwarding from the outside?  Are you forwarding
> the
> > > > ports that vnc uses?
> > > >
> > > > How are you accessing your computer from outside your network (i.e.,
> > from
> > > > work, a friend's house)?  Personally, the only access I allow to my
> home
> > > > computer from the internet (except for mail) is via SSH.  If you can
> get
> > to
> > > > your home computer from the outside via SSH, then you can tunnel
your
> > vnc
> > > > session over the ssh connection.
> > > >
> > > You know, that's *exactly* how I do it here... I've got a Linksys
cable
> > router
> > > and am using an SSH tunnel to get an encrypted TightVNC session
between
> my
> > > linux box at home and my Windows 2000 box here at work.
> > >
> > > I'm still working on figuring out how to do this using PuTTY instead
of
> > the
> > > dos version of OpenSSH, but for now, I'm using OpenSSH.... :-)
> > >
> > > Works like  a charm!
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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