connecting from the office to my home

[John Gray]

Hi Scott,

I tried port 443, and I got the same results as i did other ports, for both
the client and the java browser piece.
  
When I telnet, it connects, but I don't get any response back.  What is the
RFB response? fyi - I am using the same port for both the client and the java
piece.

Any suggestions on what SSH server to use and/or how to set it up?  I am new
to SSH.  Also, if I can't get VNC to connect properly using port 443, will
setting up SSH actually get things working for me?

Thanks again,
John


------ Original Message ------
Received: Tue, 03 May 2005 05:11:10 PM EDT
From: "Scott C. Best" <sbest "at" best.com>
To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.comCc: johngray "at" usa.net
Subject: Re: connecting from the office to my home

> John:
> 
>  	Heya. Sounds like you've got a really good workplace
> firewall that's very smartly content-filtering. Have you tried
> running your VNC Server on TCP-443? Since that port is commonly
> used for encrypted HTTPS traffic, many content-filtering firewalls
> simply ignore it -- traffic there is not supposed to be content
> filter'able.
> 
>  	Also, when you try telnet'ing, do you see the RFB response?
> 
>  	Lastly, for tunneling software, the PuTTY SSH client requires
> no installation, and can be configured to work with any http-proxy
> your workplace is probably using:
> 
> http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe
> 
>  	Again, for this approach, you may need to run your SSH
> server on TCP-443 for the same reasons as above. That's how I use
> it here. :)
> 
> cheers,
> Scott
> 
> 
> > Setup:
> >
> > Home - WinXP Pro SP2 w/ RealVNC 4.1.6 Service via broadband router
> > Office - WinXP Pro SP2 via large corporate LAN
> >
> >
> > Test:
> >
> > Everything works fine connecting from a friends house.
> > I can telnet my home from the office on the VNC port.
> >
> > Problem:
> >
> > Using Client - After entering the server name, and clicking [OK], I get
"read:
> > Connection reset by peer (10054)"
> >
> > Using Web - After entering the server name, and clicking [OK], I get
> > "rdr.IOException: java.net.SocketException: Socket read Failed"