Re: newbie: using WinVNC to connect Win-Win via ssh?
From: HSpirit (no-spam-to-hspirit_enterprises@hotmail.com)
Date: 12/14/02
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From: HSpirit <no-spam-to-hspirit_enterprises@hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:14:34 +1030
Chris,
1. Firstly, you should not that AFAIK there are versions of VNC which
already have built-in encryption. Consult the VNC archive at
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/ or post to the VNC mailing
list through http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list for
further information.
2. Having said that, I have used the Cygwin port of OpenSSH server on
Windows 2000 Professional to establish a secure tunnel for VNC
connections, with no significant issues:
FYI Cygwin is essentially a package of Win32 ports of the most common
Red Hat Linux libraries and utilities which allows you to run things
such as OpenSSH in a Win32 environment.
Specific instructions on getting OpenSSH running in such a configuration
are available at
http://tech.erdelynet.com/cygwin-sshd.html
which I must admit I found most helpful. Note that some basic
unix/linux/bsd experience ( ls, chmod, chown, cp - that sort of thing )
would not go astray in getting it to work, keeping it working, and
keeping it secure; if *nix is not your sort of thing, you may want to
investigate option (1) first.
If you need any further assitance please don't hesitate to contact me
directly if you prefer [remove the 'no-spam-to-' part of my Hotmail
address ;) ]
Best of luck.
Chris Barnes wrote:
> I hope this question isn't out of place here (if it is, please direct me
> to the correct location).
>
> I am trying to get WinVNC to connect 2 PC's runnnig windows (xp). We
> both have 3.3.6 of WinVNC (the latest). The problem is that we each
> have a firewall which is blocking the normal VNC port (this is probably
> a good thing).
>
> The WinVNC docs indicate that it can use ssh to tunnel. My problem is
> that we will need an SSH server runnnig on one of the Windows boxes. I
> checked out the OpenSSH website as well as something called the "OpenSSH
> on Windows project" (the later had a note saying it was shut down on Nov
> 20).
>
> My question is: how can I do this?
>
> I've read through the page
> http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html, but it was almost
> exclusive to going TO a unix server.
>
>
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