VNC and SSH

[Joseph A. Knapka]

"Erdely, Michael" wrote:
> 
> When you do a port forward on an SSH server, "localhost" is from the SSH
> server's point of view.  In this context, localhost = remotehost.
> 
> -ME
> 

Ah. You're right, of course.

I think it was a bit confusing to me because it was not clear
whether "localhost" meant the literal string "localhost", or
"insert the name of the machine" in the sense that
"remotehost" clearly did.

-- Joe Knapka
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