Remote desktop

[Dick Dowdell]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

On Sun, Feb 3, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Gilles Gravier <gilles at gravier.org> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I use MindTerm (it's free, written in Java, so runs on just about anything)
> : http://www.appgate.com/mindterm/
> Once logged in through SSH, I open 2 tunnels : ports 5801 and 5901 from
> remote host to localhost
>  Then on the Ubuntu machine, I launch vnc (creates a new session) or vino
> (logs me into my local session)
> Then from my Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac or whatever I have at hand, I just
> launch "vncviewer localhost:1"
>
> (:1 and 5X01 imply virtual display :1 on the Ubuntu machine - if your
> display is YY then use :YY and 58YY and 59YY)
>
> If your Ubuntu has the java applets for the VNC server, you can open (once
> the SSH tunnels are up) http://localhost:5801/ and you get a Java VNC
> instead of having to run a locally installed VNC viewer (nice from a
> cybercafe).
>
> I actually have a web page on my home server on which I serve the
> MindTerm.jar applet... so that from any point on the internet, including
> hotel PCs, customer systems, cybercafes, I go to my web server and launch
> MindTerm, then open the tunnels, then open http://localhost:5801/ and voila,
> I'm looking at my machine from a relatively secure connection - that is,
> provided there are no key loggers on the cybercafe's machine, which is a
> different issue)
>
> Gilles.
>
>
> On 2/3/08, Dick Dowdell <dick.dowdell at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > How can I access my 7.10 desktop over SSH from Window XP Pro?
> >
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