[ale] ssh -R (was Re: Have I been hacked?)

[Ed Cashin]

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:54 PM, JK <jknapka at kneuro.net> wrote:
> Jim Popovitch wrote:
>> Be aware that VNC doesn't encrypt your IP traffic, so everything you
>> do via VNC can be seen by others on the same network(s).
>
> ... so tunnel your VNC sessions over an SSH connection:
>
>   ssh -L 5910:localhost:5901 myTargetHost
>   vncviewer localhost:5910

Digressing ... I've never gotten it to work the other way.  Using
"-L" works, but I don't think I've ever been successful in my
attempts to use "-R".  Does anybody here use "-R" a lot?

-- 
  Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net>