[Fwd: Re: [TriLUG] OSS citrix alternative? VNC, perhaps?]

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Randall Barlow wrote:

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> Subject:
> Re: [TriLUG] OSS citrix alternative? VNC, perhaps?
> From:
> Randy Barlow <rpbarlow at ieee.org>
> Date:
> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:11:04 -0400
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> VNC works... ok.  If you've got good bandwidth between the machines it
> can work pretty nicely.  I used it between linux, mac, and windows
> before.  Over the internet it can be slow (and unsecure - you should
> tunnel the connection through ssh if possible), but it does work.  You
> can change the settings so that it doesn't render it so pretty and it
> will run a lot better.  I'd recommend TightVNC (OSS), though RealVNC
> (not OSS, at least I don't think...) works well too.  How to get a
> windows machine to allow you to tunnel through ssh I am not sure. 
> Anybody ever set up an ssh daemon on windows boxen?

Cygwin.

Aaron S. Joyner

PS - This one was for John Broome.