[Sussex] RDP on linux?

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

Jon,

On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:01:18 +0100
Jon Fautley <jfautley at redhat.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > As some of you know, I'm trainig as a MCSA to get back into the
industry.
> 
> Ugh... you could always get a proper qualification: 
> http://www.europe.redhat.com/training/ :)

The plan is to use MCSA/MCDBA/MCP.NET to get into the industry (it's
part sponsored and I'm guaranteed a job at the end of it!) and then get
my LPI/DeadRat certs afterwards! :)

> G'luck anyway!

Thanks! :p

> > Is there any way of accessing my linux box from the lab I'm learning
in?
> 
> Most probably :)
> 
> > I can't install any software on these computers, so I'm hoping
there's a way of
> > installing software on my linux box that will let me access it via
windows.
> > (Yes, I know there's telnet, but I'm really not happy to send my
passwords over
> > that)
> 
> Java VNC client? Java SSH? Err... depends what the lab setup is like 
> really, if it's firewalled it proves a little more problematic...

Java SSH I feel is the best way to go... :)

> > Is there a version of RDP that I can use the client's here in the
lab to access?
> > if not, how about a cgi/php script that I can put on a server and
access via
> > Internet Explorer?
> 
> I don't believe that anyone's implemented an open-source RDP server, 
> unfortunatly. Does the windows telnet client do krb-telnet? That's 
> encrypted, and uses Kerberos too, which is nice.. The other option is,

> as you say, a PHP script on your machine - shouldn't be too hard to
setup.
> 
> Can't you just download and run putty.exe and delete it when you're
done?

they won't even let me do that. :(

break the rules, you;'re off the course...

MAtt