Re: Linux: remote desktop connection to Windows XP

From: Michael Perry (mperry_at_lnxpowered.org)
Date: 06/05/05 

Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 09:42:04 -0700

nzanella@cs.mun.ca (Neil Zanella) wrote in
news:b68d2f19.0506040101.30f49823@posting.google.com:

> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to establish a remote desktop connection to a Windows XP
> server from a Linux PC, and if so, what is the name of the command to
> issue to launch the remote desktop connection program under Linux?
> I am aware of XDMCP, but need to use to connect to Windows XP's
> desktop, not another Unix's desktop.
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Neil

We do it two ways for truly remote connections. First off we use openvpn
to establish a secure tunnel between the two locations; next we use
ultravnc on the windows box or tightvnc or whatever on the Windows system
and tunnel the connection over the vpn tunnel.

We've been able to a variety of remote administration securely using the
core openvpn tunneling and vnc approach including managing a variety of
windows boxes, having a secure connectio to the remote vpn server, etc.

I would definitely recommend using openvpn for a vpn connection. 

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