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January 17th, 2008, 03:51 PM

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VNC without opening Firewall/Router ports?

Is there some kind of way that I can use VNC without opening the 5900 ports for my firewall and router? Possibly some kind of proxy...?

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January 20th, 2008, 09:28 PM

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Yes, by using an ssh reverse tunnel (search google, you'll find it).

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