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Re: Remote access PC support



On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 04:46:34PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Paul Johnson wrote:
> >Yup.  If every other system you're supporting is Linux, then SSH is
> >all you need (and it's X11 forwarding option is your friend).  If
> >not, you'll have to go with the much slower, much more insecure VNC.
> 
> Much slower?  Erm on the LAN I've switched to using VNC for access to
> my X desktop because X was slower than VNC.  I can't imagine SSH+X
> would be faster than VNC.  :P

In my experience, it's not.

>     Now less secure I'd grant you.

Tunnel your VNC session over SSH.


-- 
Jamin W. Collins

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. --Aldous Huxley,
"Proper Studies", 1927



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