Have a look at CygWin, it's a *nix under windows, complete with X server.

John Horne wrote:

>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.
>
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