Remote X through a proxy

[Prof. Jerry Place]

   I use SSH exclusively to connect Linux to Linux and X works very
easily.  I also have a Win2K SSH client but it does not support X
applications.  I use it as a terminal emulator and to up/download files.
It has a very easy-to-use interface.

   I've turned off all non-secure services such as telnet, ftp on my
Linux systems due to security issues -- I connect from home via a cable
modem.  However, SSH is very useful internally because it works so
easily with my Linux/Unix labs.

   The Unix version is freely available as a tar ball but the Win2K
client is a commercial product available free to Universities and other
public service agencies.

					-- Jerry Place
					-- CSTP

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Tony Hammitt wrote:

> SSH is made for things like this.  You set up the SSH login, then
> run the SSH agent script (a bit fuzzy on the details here, but the
> SSH manpages are pretty good) and then all of your communications go
> over the SSH tunnel, so only one port needs to be opened.  This of
> course assumes that SSH will run on windows2000, which it may not.  
> I don't know.  If you were running Linux as your desktop, you'd be
> all set (couldn't resist the jab, sorry :-)
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
>     Tony
> 

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Persky, Ken <Ken.Persky at dsionline.com>
> To: <kclug at kclug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 9:40 AM
> Subject: Remote X through a proxy
>