[LinuxUsers] ssh vpn nxclient

Thu Nov 13 16:36:42 UTC 2008

I don't know what Paul's aim is but the -X flag for ssh is great for running one program over the network, specially a lan. I've been in environments with x-term thin clients and have used the -X option to get programs from a server that wasn't hosting my x-term session. That is a good example of it's use. I'm not sure how well ssh x-windows thing works over the internet and if the data is compressed. If the data is compressed, I bet the extra bytes the encryption puts on takes away any advantages from compression.

If you want a whole desktop, and you are doing it over the internet, something like freenx is what you need. I haven't played arround with RDP on the windows side that much, but I bet freenx performs just as well as RDP on limited bandwith connections. 

Chris

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From: Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com>
To: SoCal LUG Users List <linuxusers at socallinux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:36:49 PM
Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] ssh vpn nxclient

Have you tried the -X flag for ssh.  Is that enough?

Chris...

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Chris Thomas <cwt137 at yahoo.com> wrote:

I've used freenx a lot. Paul, just install the freenx server on your friend's box, open up port 22 on his router and install the freenx client on your box. No need to setup a VPN. Your freind might want to setup an account with a dynamic DNS service like dyndns.org so you don't have to worry about ip addresses changing.

Chris

On Nov 12, 2008, at 1:07 AM, "Dante Lanznaster" <dantecl at gmail.com> wrote:

take a look at this article:

http://www.drtek.ca/freenx-server-ubuntu-hardy

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Paul Saenz <downtoearthman at hotmail.com> wrote:

I'm putting it on ubuntu. It is not available in the package manager,
as far as I can tell. I looked in the synaptic package manager, and it 
was not there.

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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:58:32 -0800

From: dantecl at gmail.com
To: linuxusers at socallinux.org
Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] ssh vpn nxclient

which distro are you installing it on? isn't it available on the package manager? (apt, yum, emerge, whatever)

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Paul Saenz <downtoearthman at hotmail.com> wrote:

okay, that answers my question.

I found the script for installing nxclient.

# sudo dpkg -i nxclient_X.Y.Z-W_i386.deb

should I put the deb package in the opt directory

and depackage it there?

is the opt directory as good as any for that?

Thanks

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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:51:39 -0800
From: dantecl at gmail.com
To: linuxusers at socallinux.org
Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] ssh vpn nxclient

why don't you just use SSH and be done with it? If you're really worried, then use key-only authentication and disable passwords on the SSH server. No need to have 10 steps of encryption.

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Paul Saenz <downtoearthman at hotmail.com> wrote:

is it common to vpn inside of ssh, or to ssh inside of vpn?
or is that overkill?
does anyone know the script for installing nxclient in ubuntu?
If I want to nxclient into my friends computer to configure his
computer remotely, do I need to have nxclient on my computer, 
and nxserver on his computer?

thanks

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