[ale] ubiquitizing the desktop

[Cory T. Echols]

On 12/19, attriel wrote:
> So, I want to be able to hit up my desktop from anywhere, b/c I get so
> tired of having to always open the same 5-20 windows every time I change
> which machine I'm sitting at ...
> 
> I used to use VNC for this, but due to job constraints, I have to use an
> encrypted link and I don't know how well VNC sets up with one of those ...
> 
> Any suggestions on mechanisms?  I'll be hitting it up from windows boxes
> most of the time, probably, and some linux/X boxes ...

As a basic, generic mechanism, I'd recommend setting up ssh, and then
tunneling everything else through ssh's port forwarding mechanism.
Specifically, I've used VNC over ssh tunnels with success.

You can check the ssh man page for the "-L" option.  There is also a
tutorial here:

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/excerpt/ssh_11/index3.html

Others can be found via google, I'm sure.

As far as windows goes:  "Putty" is a windows ssh client, and Cygwin
includes OpenSSH.

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