[K12OSN] VNC related question

[Julius Szelagiewicz]

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, norbert wrote:
> Has anyone setup their lab in this fashion;
>
> Outside World -> Cable Modem -> Linux Firewall & Gateway -> K12LTSP
> and accessed via vnc the client accounts from the outside?
>
> I know about IP forwarding but it does not seem to work with this
> configuration, possibly due to my own ineptitude !! :-D
>
> Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Norbert,
	this is actually easy: use ssh with port forwarding (option -L) to
forward vnc traffic over port 22. This has the dual benefit of encryption
and compression. julius