[lug] remote xterm question...

[Joseph P. Crotty]

> VNC will work.  It's not fast, and I don't know how secure it is.  But,
> it's free.

I used to use CDE when I was on  Sun boxes.  I was aware of VNC, just didn't
know if other solutions had cropped up since then.

> Actually, I was it in the opposite way.  I have a VNC server running on
> my Win2K box, and I use the client program on my laptop (running
> Slackware Linux).
>
> There is a re-write, TightVNC, that is a little faster on updating the
> screen.  http://www.tightvnc.com/  TightVNC claims support wiht/through
> SSH, so it looks like it's secure.  I don't have experience with this,
> as I'm running it on my LAN, so I figure I'm secure already (I hope ;-)

ditto, on the LAN security bit

> Joseph P. Crotty wrote:
> > well, throwing the specifics aside what I "really" want is access to the RH
> > desktop as if I was right there.
> >
> >
> >>telnet?
> >>
> >>How, exactly, do you want to access it?  You can use VNC, if you're
> >>running X (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/).
> >>
> >>Personally, I just use telnet. Of course, my Slackware box is my home
> >>router/firewall, so it's a minimal install (no X)...
> >>
> >>Viggy
> >>
> >>Joseph P. Crotty wrote:
> >>
> >>>I have a RH 9 box and would like to access it remotely from a
> >>
> >>Windoz box.  Can
> >>
> >>>anyone suggest what software I should place on each to accomplish
> >>
> >>said task?  I
> >>
> >>>read some online docs, but can't seem to ascertain the best open source
> >>>solution.
> >>>
> >>>Joe Crotty
> >
> >
> >
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