VNC via Telnet?

[Dr. Joel M. Hoffman]

>> I'll be in an office for a while where all I have is a serial 
>> connection to a VAX (sigh).  From the VAX, I can telnet anywhere I
>> want.  Can I somehow bring in my Linux laptop, use it to connect the
>> VAX, login, telnet to my machine at home and get a VNC connection?
>> If so, how would I do it?
>
>You can use term which will allow you to setup an IP connection over 
>telnet, cu, tip or just about anything. To speed it up it may be better 
>to use SSH over term to compress the link and then VNC over a port 
>forwarded SSH session. I've no idea what speed this will end up at or 
>whether it will be usable.

This wouldn't be my first choice, because I'll have to install term on
the VAX end.  What I'd like is to stream the vnc data directly via the
telnet connection:

	VNC --internet--> VAX --serial (telnet)--> my laptop

-Joel
(joel "at" exc.com)

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