Hello, I've been trying to get our users to use Openssh to access our Sun systems rather than telnet/ftp. Whilst this is okay for command-line usage (using putty), some users use Hummingbird Exceed to access the Sun systems X window/CDE system. My understanding is that X window itself is not secure, and should be used over SSH as well. The problem is how?
I have been, and am still!, looking on the 'net to try and see how to setup SSH on a Windows NT/W2K machine, with Exceed (version 7) and putty, and access CDE on solaris 7/8 systems which are running Openssh (3.2.3p1). What configuration options do I need for putty, Exceed and the SSH server on the Sun system? I have had a look at the port-forwarding bit, but it seems to relate to securing specific services, e.g. smtp, pop3, etc. Exceed is usually (here at least) configured to use an xdmcp broadcast to locate local Sun systems, and it seems to use local port 296 and remote port 288, yet my (linux) /etc/services file shows xdmcp as using port 177. The X system uses port 6000 onwards, so which port(s) need forwarding? Many thanks for any help. I'm not looking for someone to resolve this for me - although that would be nice :-) - but if anyone has any pointers, url's etc then I may be able to piece it together myself. Failing that we'll simply use ssh for comamd-line usage and leave the X window system as it is. Regards, John. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available from public key servers
