[CentOS] Accessing vncserver

Wed Jan 31 19:14:09 UTC 2007
Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com>

Bart -

When I am the road, I would like to be able to access the server.  I can 
do it with putty or another SSH client I have (Windoz)  How can I access 
VNC with those clients?

Todd

Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On 1/31/07, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote:
>>
>> However, tcp ports 5900/5901 inbound do need to be open if you want to
>> connect to VNC.
>>
>> You need to NOT open those to everyone and only to trusted source
>> machines as VNC does not encrypt login info by default
>
> VNC doesn't encrypt anything by default.
>
> I recommend leaving the ports closed and always connecting to VNC
> through an ssh tunnel.
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