[olug] Remote deskstop

[Timothy G. O'Brien]

I thought that VNC is not encrypted (both the password & the session), and the password is also limited to 8 characters, alphanumeric only (no “special” characters). Not very secure, IMHO – or is there a new version out there I have not seen yet?
Irish

"Nick Walter" <waltern at iivip.com> wrote:

>There sure is.
>
>VNC will allow you to view your graphical X desktop,  running on your linux
>server, from your windows client machine.  Or vice versa if the mood strikes
>you.  I know the last few releases of Red Hat have come with a VNC server
>already installed and configured.  A quick web search should turn up any
>additional VNC client/server software you might need.
>
>Nick Walter
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jordan Wilberding" <diginux at diginux.net>
>To: <olug at olug.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 1:45 PM
>Subject: [olug] Remote deskstop
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is there a way to connect to a remote desktop sessions on windows from
>> a linux box?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jordan Wilberding
>>
<<snip footers by Irish>>



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