VNC, Win2k, FreeBSD (w/KDE), Recommended setup

[Poontos]

I noticed the other thread on VNC and SSH, but this one is a bit different and hopefully gets to the bottom line to benefit everyone else as well.

Setup:

Dualboot Win2K & FreeBSD 4.7R (w/KDE) on my laptop (call it PC1) at school. Need to connect to my Windows 2000 Professional workstation (call it PC2) at home from school.
The connection would be over a congested +or- T1.

Goals:

- Needs to be simple to setup. A CLI or telnet type interface is not appropriate in this scenario.

1.) A program that allows me to securely connect to PC2 from PC1 (X wKDE).

2.) A program that allows me to securely connect to PC2 from PC1 while running Win2K.

*I need the ports that need to be forwarded as well.

Thank you!

 

[Poontos]

Update:

Installed TightVNC on both PC's. Ran the client off the laptop in Win2K and the Server on the Win2K Pro desktop.

It seems to be working OK, except for the fact that I cannot connect when the desktop is locked, nor does sending a CTRL-ALT-DEL from VNC work.

I need to lock the workstation when I logoff, so I obviously need to connect when the workstation is locked as well. Anyone familiar with this software and scenario?

Any nice tutorials on how to set this up in FreeBSD w/ KDE with the client, so I can connect to the Win2K workstation?

Thank you.

 

[SailorSpoon]

TightVNC is a nice piece of SW.

I haven't had any trouble sending CTRL-ALT-DEL on my setup.
In WinXP I right click on the top of the VNC window and I can select "send Ctrl-Alt-Del"

Does that help any?

 

[Poontos]

Originally posted by: SailorSpoon
TightVNC is a nice piece of SW.

I haven't had any trouble sending CTRL-ALT-DEL on my setup.
In WinXP I right click on the top of the VNC window and I can select "send Ctrl-Alt-Del"

Does that help any?

Does not seem to work for me in Win2K.

 

[Poontos]

^^

 

[bignick]

take a look at real vnc. there are registry settings that may make it work on a locked workstation. also i would suggest that you turn IPsec to encrypt all vnc traffic.

 

[Poontos]

Originally posted by: bignick
take a look at real vnc. there are registry settings that may make it work on a locked workstation. also i would suggest that you turn IPsec to encrypt all vnc traffic.

So there is no encryption going on whatsoever? If not, do you have some pointers for IPSec? Do you happen to know where I can find this registry setting? Thx.