VNC works; firewall question

Calef, Travis tcalef "at" globalmt.com
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:52:41 +0000


This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand
this format, some or all of this message may not be legible.

------ =_NextPart_000_01BD98FB.6EEDBF90
Content-Type: text/plain

Hello from a newbie to this list.

I checked the FAQ and saw some sparse information about using VNC
through a firewall, but nothing specific enough for me to use.  I'm
hoping someone has had the same configuration issues and can clue me in
as to what's wrong.

We are running VNC on a DEC Unix box, using Java-enabled web browsers to
access our X windows app.  It all works beautifully here on the local
network.  What we are interested in doing is being able to have a
prospective customer point their browser to the server and watch a
remote demonstration of our software.  

On our firewall, I have enabled all WWW traffic to the Unix server here,
and also specifically opened up ports 5801, 5802, and 5803 to that box.
However, I am unable to access VNC through the firewall.  Does anyone
know if there are additional ports or settings that need to be changed?



------ =_NextPart_000_01BD98FB.6EEDBF90
Content-Type: application/ms-tnef
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

eJ8+Ih8MAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy
b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQWAAwAOAAAAzgcGABAABwAyABsAAgBBAQEggAMADgAAAM4HBgAQ
AAcAMgAcAAIAQgEBCYABACEAAABBODRDQTRCQTQ4RkZEMTExQjlDMTAwQTBDOTk2RDg4RABaBwEE
gAEAHQAAAFZOQyB3b3JrczsgZmlyZXdhbGwgcXVlc3Rpb24AhgoBDYAEAAIAAAACAAIAAQOQBgC0
CAAAMQAAAAMA3j+vbwAAAwADgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAUoUAAPATAAAeAAqACCAGAAAA
AADAAAAAAAAARgAAAABUhQAAAQAAAAQAAAA4LjUACwALgQggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAABoUA
AAAAAAADAAuACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAABhQAAAAAAAAsACYAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABG
AAAAAAOFAAAAAAAACwAMgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAADoUAAAAAAAADAACACCAGAAAAAADA
AAAAAAAARgAAAAAQhQAAAAAAAAMADYAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAABGFAAAAAAAAAwAOgAgg
BgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAGIUAAAAAAAAeAA+ACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAA2hQAAAQAA
AAEAAAAAAAAAHgAQgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAN4UAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAB4AEYAIIAYA
AAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAADiFAAABAAAAAQAAAAAAAAALADCACyAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAA
iAAAAAAAAAsAMoALIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAAAWIAAAAAAAAAgEJEAEAAAAPAwAACwMAAAME
AABMWkZ1LC2KTgMACgByY3BnMTI1FjIA+Atgbg4QMDMznQH3IAKkA+MCAGNoCsAAc2V0MCBUYWjL
A3ECgH0KgXVjAFALAyh1bG4CIGULpTIgKEhlbAkAIANSIGGSIBMQd2IIkCB0FAAkdGgEACBsBAB0
LmcKogqECoBJIBDwBZBrRwmAFSEU4EZBURRgbmkXEHNhB+BzA3AU4HNbCrERMCALgAIQcgDAdK5p
AiAUYAbgdQVAdQCQYQ8gIFZOQxUhA2B1pGdoFGFmaQlwdwdA8GwsIGIZ4RLwFTEaQe8YgAWQBpAN
4CAJ8BrjGREOIBhRFQEaEGUuICDsSScUUBGgcBxzGEETAf0e4GEEIBEAFxQX8BhRBaD5GQBpZwhw
GVQEAQpQBCD1F7JjA5FjCkEd4guAFGBLBCAVAXcRAHQnBCB3dwNgDyAVy1cU4ArAFOByHHVuAwAa
RRmCIERFlRqQVQMAeBvgb3gb0MEaFEphdmEtCfABoGJsFwF3ZWIb4ANgd+8RMBEgFPIA0GMHkAQg
CGFsIFgjwAuAZClRFGBwvnAeggVAG6EjwAWwawQgOGJlYRngBpAS0Gx5/x7gBJAU4BmBFzIJACKA
AyDtExB0LBIegVcj4SjhJYP9C4B0LUEVoBcBI0Eq8BoyvxVRLHAaMiiSFPIRAHYlcbwgcANgHLIZ
YDIhYxoQ9xUAB4AFwHAwoQVAFzEbYP8pJhT0GGEEkDIgBcAXshuQ/nQQ8BRhCXAEYC/QMIA2seUA
gHQhZW9mKlMYMAGA7xuQCXAegRXaTzfRKnEbWO8WkDIDKHYr0lc8EBTwIWD/ASAdETUFJyM1dS0y
G9AXsv8HQBgwHKcboS0QHwAJ8BcBHHVwM7EAIAQgNTgwtjEb0EDBMj5EQMEzFPTXLxEncR6BSClQ
ZTWhOsL/ILAaACiDKbkaehcyG1YegdREbyITeR+iaxLwB+CfBpAXIiWhJZIgMGRpGWL/LiFAZAWx
ETEZYA8gI4EvAn8TEBcCFAAscBahDxEJgD8XFdoV1BIBAE0gAB4AcAABAAAAHQAAAFZOQyB3b3Jr
czsgZmlyZXdhbGwgcXVlc3Rpb24AAAAAAwAmAAAAAAADADYAAAAAAAsAAgABAAAAAwD9P+QEAAAC
AXEAAQAAABYAAAABvZklNTJWTU3lBO4R0oaBAKDJilcuAABAADkAsA14ViWZvQEDAPE/CQQAAB4A
MUABAAAACAAAAFRSQVZJU0MAAwAaQAAAAAAeADBAAQAAAAgAAABUUkFWSVNDAAMAGUAAAAAAAwCA
EP////8CAUcAAQAAADQAAABjPVVTO2E9IDtwPUdsb2JhbCBNQUlOVEVDSCw7bD1OVDEtOTgwNjE2
MTI1MDI3Wi0xNjcAAgH5PwEAAABVAAAAAAAAANynQMjAQhAatLkIACsv4YIBAAAAAAAAAC9PPUdM
T0JBTCBNQUlOVEVDSCwgSU5DLi9PVT1HTUkvQ049UkVDSVBJRU5UUy9DTj1UUkFWSVNDAAAAAB4A
+D8BAAAADgAAAENhbGVmLCBUcmF2aXMAAAAeADhAAQAAAAgAAABUUkFWSVNDAAIB+z8BAAAAVQAA
AAAAAADcp0DIwEIQGrS5CAArL+GCAQAAAAAAAAAvTz1HTE9CQUwgTUFJTlRFQ0gsIElOQy4vT1U9
R01JL0NOPVJFQ0lQSUVOVFMvQ049VFJBVklTQwAAAAAeAPo/AQAAAA4AAABDYWxlZiwgVHJhdmlz
AAAAHgA5QAEAAAAIAAAAVFJBVklTQwBAAAcwMHFqViWZvQFAAAgwYMTNViWZvQEeAD0AAQAAAAEA
AAAAAAAAHgAdDgEAAAAdAAAAVk5DIHdvcmtzOyBmaXJld2FsbCBxdWVzdGlvbgAAAAAeADUQAQAA
ADgAAAA8OTA5RTU4QTg0OEZGRDExMUI5QzEwMEEwQzk5NkQ4OEQxQzREQG50MS5nbG9iYWxtdC5j
b20+AAsAKQAAAAAACwAjAAAAAAADAAYQJoHiTgMABxCzAgAAAwAQEAAAAAADABEQAAAAAB4ACBAB
AAAAZQAAAEhFTExPRlJPTUFORVdCSUVUT1RISVNMSVNUSUNIRUNLRURUSEVGQVFBTkRTQVdTT01F
U1BBUlNFSU5GT1JNQVRJT05BQk9VVFVTSU5HVk5DVEhST1VHSEFGSVJFV0FMTCxCVVQAAAAAAgF/
AAEAAAA4AAAAPDkwOUU1OEE4NDhGRkQxMTFCOUMxMDBBMEM5OTZEODhEMUM0REBudDEuZ2xvYmFs
bXQuY29tPgCA2Q==

------ =_NextPart_000_01BD98FB.6EEDBF90--