On 5/1/07, pic@gavin-egan.com <pic@gavin-egan.com> wrote:
>
> Considering the recent worries about intrusion via VNC
>
> I wondered if it was possible to set up some automated tasks via email
>
> I tend to leave my pc's on all the time 1x Ubuntu and the other Windows
> 2000
>
> However this was just a thought and I am musing over the method to parse
> the
> email.
>
> Thoughts ?
>
> Chris


You could do something over email, but if you'd rather use VNC/remote
desktop,
you can forward them securely over ssh.

Instead of forwarding port 5900 through your firewall/NAT ( for VNC ) you
forward port 22
from your ubuntu.

Unless the workstation I am using is already using the default port, I
usually forward the
port onto the same port


for VNC
ssh -L 5900:<windows-internal-ip>:5900 <ubuntu-external-ip>
vncviewer localhost

for remote desktop
ssh -L 3389:<windows-internal-ip>:3389 <ubuntu-external-ip>
rdesktop localhost


If your workstation is running windows, I believe you can use putty to
forward the ports
in a similar fashion.

John
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