[GLLUG] Port forwarding

[Matt Shirilla]

Thanks Ben, I just setup SSHD and was about to get setup the same scenario.
I am curious if you have any performance recommendations.  (I once used VNC
to attach to my home PC from work and it was disappointingly slow.)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Minshall [mailto:minshal1 at msu.edu]
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 2:52 PM
> To: GLLUG
> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Port forwarding
> 
> 
> Sure thing, I'll go through my set up and you can see if anything 
> applies to your situation.
> 
> {
> Home PC (Win2k/XP):
>    SSH Client with X11 forwarding such as PuTTY -- download link below
>    XWin32, Exceed, or Cygwin X11 Server
> 
> -OR-
> 
> Home PC (Linux):
>    ssh (use ssh -X for Xforwarding)
>    xserver
> }
> 
> Linux Firewall/Gateway:
>    SSHD with "X11Forwarding yes" in the sshd_config file.
>    xvncviewer installed (xvncviewer in Debian)
>    xauth (xbase-clients in Debian)
> 
> Work PC (Win2k/XP):
>    VNC Service
> 
> Just configure the home pc's X server to accept connections from 
> localhost (usually on by default), and then ssh into the 
> linux gateway. 
>   At the shell in linux, run "xvncviewer -compresslevel=9 
> workhost", and 
> if all goes well you'll get a vnc window pop up on your home PC.
> 
> PuTTY download:
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
> 
> Hope that helps.  Let me know if you have any more questions.
> -Ben
> 
> troettger at comcast.net wrote:
> > I would like some details.  I know it could be done on 
> linux but not familar
> > enough with How to get SSH running on WinXP.  Thanks.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----------------------
> > Tim Roettger, CCNA, MCP
> > 
> 
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