VNC works; firewall question

[Stephen D. Williams]

The vncserver script by default configures as follows:

5800+N for http serving Java
5900+N for VNC protocol (Ie. the actual VNC connection)

If you are using a vncclient, only the latter is needed.

N of course is the display number.

I reconfigured my vncserver to use a higher port because of one of my clients
with a paranoid network that disallows everything even near 6000...

sdw

Calef, Travis wrote:
> 
> 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?
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