Re: Windows XP remote desktop over SSH

From: Chris Lewis (no)
Date: 04/26/04

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    "Richard E. Silverman" <res@qoxp.net> wrote in message
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    |
    | > On 04/23/04 12:19 Chris <Chris spoke:
    | >> I have managed to get windows xp remote desktop working over ssh
    | >> using cygwin. I have just one quick question. If i do ssh -L
    | >> 3389:localhost:3389 myhost.dyndns.org i can connect the windows xp
    | >> remote desktop client to local host and it all works fine. However
    | >> to do this i have to open port 3389 on the server machine.
    |
    | Only for connections coming from the same host. What's the problem with
    | that? A firewall configuration would usually allow all loopback
    | connections anyway -- why would you open it for connections from
    | elsewhere?
    |
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    | Richard Silverman
    | res@qoxp.net
    |

    May I explain a little more. The ssh server and remote desktop server are
    both running on the same machine. What would I do if I only wanted to open
    port 22 on the remote machine but still connect to the remote desktop server
    listening on port 3389. currently port 3389 has to be open with the obvious
    security implications.

    This is on xp pro with OpenSSH via cygwin.

    TIA 

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Chris Lewis
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