How do I do an SSH tunnel?

[WannaFly]

In the networking forum, people were talking about VNC and how it sends data in plaintext. People suggested using an SSH tunnel to encrypt all data. Someone gave links, but they confused me. How would i go abotu making an SSH tunnel to my server, its running w2k pro. I VNC to it all the time nad owuld like it to be a little more secure.

What confuses me is, what do i need to run on the server?

 

[straubs]

I believe that the TightVNC software has encryption built-in. So that's an option--use another VNC program. There are many of them.

How about VNC's own help page
or using the popular SSH Secure Shell which is also a usefull replacement for telnet.

 

[Need4Speed]

Originally posted by: WannaFly
In the networking forum, people were talking about VNC and how it sends data in plaintext. People suggested using an SSH tunnel to encrypt all data. Someone gave links, but they confused me. How would i go abotu making an SSH tunnel to my server, its running w2k pro. I VNC to it all the time nad owuld like it to be a little more secure.

What confuses me is, what do i need to run on the server?

first you'll need an ssh server somewhere on the LAN that you want to tunnel to...openssh has a windows port that is free.
next, you'll need an ssh client on the machine you want to tunnel from...putty is free.
VNC server will need to be running on the machine you want to control.

I'll quickly add that the SSH server does not need to be running on the VNC server machine. It can be any machine on the LAN.

then, read this for more info as i dont want to type it all this morning:
ssh tunnel for vnc

 

[WannaFly]

great, those links help tremendously, thanks.