I guess I'm at a backwards company because the network admin has all the out bound ports blocked except for ports 80 and 22.. hence the headache I have trying to do my job sometimes. That's why I would love to be able to VNC via port 80 to my machine at home and pull up a browser and do whatever it is I need to do. The one thing I want is to make sure that my VNC session is encrypted over the net.
If you are connecting for work related stuff, ask your netadmin to help you set this up. You will both be happier for it. Of course if it's personal, maybe you need to stick to the ports he has set ;-)
I have multiple times. She won't do it. :(
So, I still can not understand your problem. There was at least 3 recommendations to use ssh tunnels. The port is open (as you said), so what exactly is the problem? Why this is not a solution?
I'm currently trying to get FreeNX setup but I'm running into some problems setting that up. I'm not sure how ssh tunneling works so to even get that to work is a daunting task. Since I'm pretty new to linux and the lack of howto's on the topics that I need help with I'm at a loss for what I can do. If you have any links to articles that tell users who don't have a clue (aka me!) I would love to read them. Thanks!