Hi, Steve, --
Actually, there is not necessarily a security problem with 'xterm'.
But for the moment, I will defer that discussion.
For remote desktop, I use VNC heavily. You get good security if you
lock down VNC where it runs (ie: set it to reject remote connections)
and then connect via tunnel over SSH. If you have a VNC already up
remotely, then connect something like this ...
ssh -n -L 5910:127.0.0.1:5910 thedesktop sleep 30 &
vnc viewer :10
(Above assumes you are display :10. Change the last two digits of the
59xx port to match what VNC tells you.) Where "thedesktop" is the
system where your virtual VNC desktop is running. You get a secure
tunnel from "port 5910" locally to "127.0.0.1 port 5910" on the target
system. There is overhead, but VNC is somewhat less chatty than X
itself.
In my experiences, VNC comes up with TWM -or- with no window manager
by default. It is really easy to kill TWM if started and then to
bring up GNOME or KDE in either case. The biggest problem I have is
sometimes ugly color planes. (Also lack of audio, if that matters.)
There are other remote desktop solutions.
-- R; <><
Rick Troth
Velocity Software
http://www.velocitysoftware.com/
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 14:47, Gentry, Steve
<steve.gen...@westernsouthernlife.com> wrote:
> I still like to occasionaly connect to zLinux and use the GUI Desktop
> interface. IIRC, Xterm isn't a good option because of security issues.
> What is the preferred method, these days, to use the GUI Desktop?
> (Yes, I realize that using the GUI, Desktop isn't the best thing to do)
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
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