Re: Remote Assistance

From: Travis Fraser (travis_at_snowpatch.net)
Date: 07/01/05

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Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:36:54 -0400

    On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 09:13 -0400, Scot L. Harris wrote:
    > On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 05:40, Andy Pieters wrote:
    > >
    > > My Father lives 1.500 km away (1000 miles) and If only he would have Linux, I
    > > could just ssh in and arrange everything.
    > >
    > > I like heard of Remote Assistance on windows xp but since I don't have any
    > > windows, is anyone aware of a Linux Client that can interface with that?
    >
    > Note that vnc by itself is not secure. It does not provide an encrypted
    > connection so any passwords and data sent over it are in the clear.
    >
    > I have used ssh to tunnel vnc but only between two linux systems. It
    > should be possible to do something similar with windows. Would have to
    > look at putty to see if it can listen for incoming ssh connections and
    > setup the remote end of the tunnel for this. Again I have used putty to
    > setup ssh tunnels from windows systems to linux systems but not the
    > other direction.
    >
    > The other option would be to install cygwin on the windows box. Then
    > you should be able to setup an encrypted tunnel using ssh with that.
    >
    > --
    > Scot L. Harris
    > webid@cfl.rr.com

    Openssh is pretty easy to setup with cygwin. I have been using that to
    pull rsync backups from a Windows XP Pro box. 

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Travis Fraser <travis@snowpatch.net>
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