[ale] how do I get graphical remote access to my linux machine

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

On 5/4/2013 2:13 AM, Alex Carver wrote:
> On 5/3/2013 22:53, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> The linux machine is within my
>> firewall at home, so I don't need super strong security.  A simple login
>> username and password is sufficient.
> [...]
>> NX has a
>> graphical administration option, but it appears to depend on having
>> apache installed.  I don't want to do that.  The fewer server processes
>> I have running, the better it is for security.  Both client and server
>> will be on the same wifi router using wpa encryption.
>
> So which is it?  Don't need super strong security or need better 
> security?
>

Hi Alex,

I prefer not to be running any server processes other than the remote 
access server (if possible) so I don't have to worry about the 
configuration of too many things, particularly if I decide to access it 
from outside the house at some point.  I prefer the data to be encrypted 
between the client and server.  For the moment, simple user name and 
password authentication is adequate.  If I decide to access it from 
outside the house, I would use more secure user name and password and / 
or possibly add a second factor authentication.

Sincerely,

Ron


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