Sending X, be it through unprotected VNC or tunneled through an SSH connection, will still be really slow, so any applications you intend to use ought to be able to be used very slowly. Like a web browser or something will work fine, but I wouldn't think video editing would work over VNC, certainly not gaming. I don't know what these programs do, but they might not run well over VNC. Just something to keep in mind.
Of course, I have the reverse problem. I need to run an SSH server on my WinXP box in Cincinnati, and tunnel VNC through it to my OSX PowerBook in Boston . . . It's very confusing. I think I know what I need to do, and I've done a lot of research, but I'm not exactly sure HOW to do it. I asked in another thread, but it seems quite dead. It survived my post and a bump a day later with no new posts . . .
I need DynDNS because I have a dynamic IP address assigned by my ISP (is this a security problem [using DynDNS]?). I need Cygwin so I can run the SSH server. I need to tunnel a windows VNC session through the SSH server. I need to log on to that server using an SSH and VNC client on my Mac. I've found where to get Cygwin and how to set up SSH on it, and I know where to get a VNC client for Windows (and for my Mac), but I don't know how to port a Windows VNC session through the (basically) Linux SSH server . . . Is this possible? Is it any different that using a Linux box? What I really need are the commands to enter and configuration information, as well as what I would enter from the Boston side . . . I will turn on TCPwrapping and port forwarding or something on my Firewall so that only my IP address will be forwarded to the SSH server, and I feel pretty confident, as apparently my college has "disabled" IP spoofing . . . Any help would be appreciated. I might have to post in the Linux section, too, but this is mostly windows related.
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