Re: OT: Google Groups Test (please ignore)
nebulous99@gmail.com wrote:
On Aug 23, 8:11 pm, Lew <l...@lewscanon.com> wrote:
[snip lengthy description of using remote desktop software]
This is entirely beside the point. You're describing using remote
desktop software that happens to use SSH at the protocol layer, not
using SSH directly. The problems only multiply anyway -- someone would
The X-forwarding options are part of SSH itself. From "man ssh":
ssh [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec] [-D
[bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
[-i identity_file] [-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
[-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port] [-R
[bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path]
[-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] [user@]hostname [command]
....
-X Enables X11 forwarding. This can also be specified on a per-host
basis in a configuration file.
....
-Y Enables trusted X11 forwarding. Trusted X11 forwardings are not
subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension controls.
have to a) run Unix rather than Winblows on their home computer, b)
run an SSH server and get it configured and secured, c) run a remote
desktop server of whatever type over top of the SSH tunnel and get
*that* configured and secured, d) hook this to the net with an
expensive business-class connection to get a non-dynamic IP, e) run
Unix rather than Windoze on their *work* computer(s) (good freaking
luck!), and f) configure SSH and virtual desktop clients on each of
these. And then g) explain yourself to the boss when he finds out that
you've blown away the Windows installations on half the work PCs and
installed all kinds of weird stuff, apparently so that you can post
off-topic flames to Usenet newsgroups 24/7 and thereby prevent me from
ever catching up on news, rather than for work-related purposes.
Nah, I just use ssh in Windows, so no need to reconfigure. I also don't use
my work computers for personal use.
I am running Linux on my home PC, so that part is already covered for me.
As a professional programmer, I am both competent and willing to go through
the hoops necessary to set up my SSH server. It pays productivity dividends
that make the effort worthwhile.
--
Lew