SSH, VNC, Windows & Mac

[dsmcd01]

Hello...

I'd like to have a Mac VNC client remote a Windows VNC server. The Windows VNC server is behind a NAT firewall. I'd like to use SSH to handle the forwarding.

I need to know which SSH would be best for me to use on the Windows side and for the Mac side.

I'm a novice to SSH (ok, a newbie ), but am familiar with Win&Mac VNC apps and have configured the firewall for port forwarding (which is what I'm trying to avoid by using SSH).

Any suggestions?

THx,
D.

[ipsec]

Hello...
I need to know which SSH would be best for me to use on the Windows side and for the Mac side.

I'm a novice to SSH, but am familiar with Win&Mac VNC apps and have configured the firewall for port forwarding (which is what I'm trying to avoid by using SSH).

Cygwin or openssh both seem to work pretty good, having a unix server would be best option I hear.

If you are trying to avoid port forwarding this means you already have SSH forwarded on your internal network with the windows serveR??

no matter what you do if you want someone from the outside in you either have to initiate the connection out to the remote computer ( as in the server connects to the viewer) or you have to explicitly state that you want any request go to your computer through port forwarding.

[dsmcd01]

If you are trying to avoid port forwarding this means you already have SSH forwarded on your internal network with the windows serveR??

no matter what you do if you want someone from the outside in you either have to initiate the connection out to the remote computer ( as in the server connects to the viewer) or you have to explicitly state that you want any request go to your computer through port forwarding.

Rats...just when I thought I was getting it... I thought I could have SSH on the VNC server and SSH on the VNC client, and the client could connect to the server through the firewall without configuring port forwarding on the firewall. Is this not correct?

Thanks again,
D.

[ipsec]

unfortunately to connect two computers behind router / firewalls you have to specify which computer on that internal network recieves the request based upon the port it uses.

the easier non secure way would be to have both computers on the internet exposed, no router, no router firewall, and the firewall on the receiving computer firewalled to allow those requests. this would not require port forwarding