[CoLoCo] Remote Access

[David L. Willson]

On Tue, 06 May 2008 14:51:15 -0600, Kevin Fries wrote
> Anybody trying to do a remote desktop in Hardy over the Internet?
> 
> I need to do a remote desktop later this month across a double nat
> setup.
> 
>   A <-> FW <-> Internet <-> FW <-> B
> 
> Machine A needs to see and control machine B where both firewalls are
> NAT firewalls.  I thought of Hamachi, but have never found that program
> to be overly reliable.  I know I could easily do this with persistent
> tunnels to a server on the Internet.  But keeping persistent tunnels up
> and running can sometimes be even more problematic than Hamachi.
> 
> Anybody got any ideas I have not thought of?

Do you have the ability to setup a port forward or an IP forward and open port on either
side?  The controlling side can setup a listening vnc viewer on port 5500, or you can
forward port 5900 to the controlled box.  I recommend the listening viewer as a ~much~
more secure option.  You'll need the full vncserver on the controlled end, and the full
vncviewer (xvncviewer, or whatever else has the '-listen' switch) to do it.