On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 05:07:05PM -0500, Anne Gorham wrote: > Forgive me if this has come up before, but I'm new to both VNC and > Linux/Unix. > > > > What I am trying to do is enable students to access a Sun Solaris computer > from either a Linux computer or an XP PC. On that Sun, students store > instrument analyses, and often want to process this data from their own > computers or from workstations in the lab. > > > > I've got the VNCServer working well on the Sun computer, and I'm able to > connect from both an XP PC and a Linux computer. That part works well and my > boss is tickled pink with how well it looks. > > > > What I am concerned with is security. I was going to have the students open > a secure shell (SSH) window, connect to the Sun, and start a vncserver > session. Once that is done, launch their viewer and get to work. After they > are done, they'll close the viewer and then kill the session. > > > > Do I need to do anything else to safeguard and/or streamline this process? > >
Depends. If the connection is already secure (as in safe from easedropping and network sniffers) then probably not. Using ssh port forwarding you can encrypt VNC sessions to guard against sniffers and easedropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. > > Thanks, > > Anne > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
