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Re: [suse-security] remote desktop access to SuSE 8.2 from Win2k
  • From: Jeff Harris <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:52:30 -0700 (PDT)
  • Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306261030320.18183-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Jaan Klouman wrote:

>
> Hello
>
> Can anyone give me some advise on remote access to my SuSE 8.2 Pro
> desktop remotely. I have tried vnc proxied through ssh which does work
> but then after a while I get invalid CBC from PuTTY on my Win2k client.
>
> Suggestion?
>
> Cheers
>
> Jaan Klouman
>

If you only need X access, and not specifically your desktop, you can run
cygwin with X, and ssh with X forwarding into your linux machine. I
usually use either this or VNC from AT&T, depending on what I'm doing.

Also, make sure you're running the latest version of PuTTY.

Jeff
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