SECURITY

[Kenneth MacDonald]

>>>>> "kbashir" == kbashir  <kbashir "at" engro.com> writes:

    kbashir>      1)one can still access the server through vncviewer
    kbashir> or java where SSH server is running with VNC. I would
    kbashir> like to restrict the server so that it only uses SSH
    kbashir> connections and drops others (plain vncviewer and java
    kbashir> connections).
          
    kbashir>      is this possible.

Yes, limit the incoming connections to localhost (see docs)
          
          
    kbashir>      2) also i would want to find out whether with SSH
    kbashir> running can we get hold of the server using browser with
    kbashir> SSH authentication like we do with vnc viewer.
          
Yes, you can run get the java class file from the Unix distribution
and run it locally pointing it at the machine with the other end of
the ssh tunnel.

Kenny.

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