[SWLUG] VNC across the 'net.

[Steve Hill]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Andrew Jenkins wrote:

> to connect successfully. However what IP address should I
> use if trying to connect to a VNCserver elsewhere?

Using VNC directly across a public network would be a Bad Thing since all 
the data is transmitted in the clear.  A better solution is to use SSH to 
tunnel it.

For example, if you want to VNC to a VNC server running on 
foo.example.com:

>From your workstation, do:
     ssh -L 5900:127.0.0.1:5900 foo.example.com
Now start up your VNC viewer and point it at 127.0.0.1 - it should connect 
to the other machine's VNC server through the ssh connection you just 
started.

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