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On Sunday 16 October 2005 15:44, Jonathan Wright wrote: |
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> John Jolet wrote: |
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> >>Basically I have a network back home with a couple Gentoo systems |
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> >>connected and I'd like to have ssh (and maybe vnc) access to them from |
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> >>my Gentoo laptop no matter where I am. What do you think? |
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> > |
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> > if you just need ssh, you don't need a vpn, just a port forward on your |
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> > router. for vnc, I'd use openvpn. |
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> Why do though all the hassle of setting up a VPN when you can use SSH to |
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> provide a secure tunnel into the network and use that instead? Works |
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> fine for me. |
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> # ssh -L5900:hostname:5900 username@××××××××.tld |
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> # vncviewer localhost:0 |
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Okay, now show me the instance where you want box->internet->box->vnc server. |
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If you set up openvpn on your ssh server, you easily can tunnel across it. |
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Doing that with ssh would add another tunnel. Takes 5 minutes to set up. |
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> Jonathan Wright ~ mail at djnauk.co.uk |
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> ~ www.djnauk.co.uk |
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> play a murderer, but they do think you're gay if you play a gay." |
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> ~ Perry King |
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