[ale] Something faster than X-Windows but more secure than VNC server?

[Jim Kinney]

Freenx. Uses a ssh tunnel by default and is at least one, if not two orders of magnitude faster than vnc. Think usable X desktop over dialup.

On September 30, 2014 1:39:36 PM EDT, "Lightner, Jeff" <JLightner at dsservices.com> wrote:
>Basic question:
>Can anyone suggest something faster than X-Windows but more secure than
>VNC server?
>
>Details:
>We have applications that run as X applications.   The vendor is used
>to running this in VNC Server but that isn’t very secure.
>
>We instead gave X access on MS-Windows desktops using Exceed or
>Cygwin/X and the applications are exported back to the users’ desktop. 
> Since we’re doing this via ssh X tunneling it is encrypted.
>
>The users continually complain that this is too slow for their needs.  
>We did initially give a single VPN session access to a remote
>consultant using VNC because it was clearly too slow going over the
>multiple hops it took to him in Pennsylvania.
>
>Now I’m being asked to either turn on VNC Server for the users to
>access internally or propose an alternative solution.
>
>Is there such a thing as a host based service like VNC Server but that
>makes an encrypted connection to the users’ desktop so that only the
>display is being sent encrypted rather than having to draw on the
>desktop.  Is there a way to make the VNC connection encrypted?
>
>Jeffrey C. Lightner
>Sr. UNIX Administrator
>
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