VNC (was Re: [ale] Free XServer for Windoze ?)

[Joe Knapka]

One caveat: if you use VNC to telecommute, check out
the page on the VNC site about piping a VNC connection
over SSH. The VNC protocol is totally insecure. Also,
be careful when running a VNC server on a machine that's
visible to the internet.

Incidentally, that URL is

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc

-- Joe

Dave Brooks wrote:
> 
> Well, if you want all-out fun, try VNC (Virtual Network Computing)
> by At&T labs.  It basically allows a remote user to connect to the
> desktop of a machine (X-Windows, Windows9*, NT, Solaris...) and control
> it as if they were sitting there a la PCAnywhere, etc.
> 
> But, VNC is free and darned useful.  Not sure of the exact URL, but running
> a search for 'VNC' on www.altavista.com yields the correct one as the first
> result.
> 
> VNC is cool to play with.  On a windows machine, the remote user can actually
> move the mouse cursor; on a Linux machine it starts up a different X-session
> on host:1 or :2 or whatever, so the X-session on the physical monitor.
> 
> Hope it helps!
> 
> -Dave
> 
> On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 12:18:06PM -0500, Prasanna Subash wrote:
> >All,
> >    I am trying to run xterms from my windows desktop and connect to Linux.
> >I know I have seen some free xservers, but I am not sure of the name.
> >    I user Hummingbird Exceed, but I wanna use something that is free @
> >home.
> >
> >Prasanna Subash
> >Manhattan Associates, Inc
> >Phone: 770 955 5533 x 1047
> >psubash at manh.com <mailto:psubash at manh.com>
> >
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