Danny Sauer wrote:
Luca wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] remote X vrs VNC' on Mon, Jan 24 at 15:30: [...]
I favoru X for being more secure (through ssh forwarding) although tightvnc should be there...
You can tunnel vnc over ssh. Actually, that's prefereable, in most cases, over running an open vncserver on the internet.
..and it's a must if your machine is behind a firewall. I've been using VNC for "seeing" my Mac desktop at work, over an ADSL 2 mb/s line. I used both "Chicken of VNC" and TightVNC as clients, and TightVNC is the fastest. I agree with Luca. X is a different approach. You use VNC for driving your remote desktop, while X *is* (or can be) your desktop at home. Both of them are very secure, using a ssh tunnel. (as ssh can be... ;-) )
--Danny, who uses vnc over ssh, on a daily basis
Stakanovist! ;-)) Ciao, Ermanno