[oclug]VPN critix

[Bill Strosberg]

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Dana Webber wrote:

> so the client is Linux, but the host is actually running windows.  
> I use vnc for that. It works OK for W2K. 
> I don't understand why vnc is not more popular.
> To control WXP there is a better way, I forget the name.

Controlling WinXP?  Best I can think of is a sledgehammer.

Seriously, running vncserver on the windows box and the vnc client on the
Linux box works really well and is free (as in beer).

If this is happening remotely across a public network, running an SSH
tunnel would be recommended.

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