remote desktop access

[David Bandel]

On 9/22/05, Roger Oberholtzer <roger at opq.se> wrote:
> I know the following question is a popular one and one that has a
> zillion possible solutions. I ask it here to see what anyone on this
> list has perhaps done.
>
> I have a user who wants to access a linux desktop at work from a windows
> pc at home. There is a computer (firewall - rather conservative, but not
> inflexible) between. I have been looking at things like tightvnc to
> enable access. I am a bit unclear how to set this up. The tightvnc
> windows client oddly does not support tunneling via ssh, even though the
> linux client does. The machine in between is not graphic. The tightvnc
> java server only allows the vncserver to be on the same machine.
>

[snip]

>
> I looked at nx (www.nocomputer.com). Looks good. But I am unsure if the
> client (which it seems does ssh) will let me access a tightvnc/freenx
> server via an intermediate machine.
>

I suggest:
openvpn between linux box at home and the firewall, then just a
tightvnc session through the vpn tunnel and into the Windoze box at
work.

Assumption:
work network (behind firewall) is secure and on a private lan

This particular solution (which I've used for a number of clients)
allows access to the work network using encryption and from anywhere
if the client has certificates (I use openvpn server w/ TLS).  It
eliminates routing problems (again, assuming the use of a NAT
firewall).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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