[VNC] Re: Multiple Machines behind Firewall

[William Hooper]

Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> William Hooper wrote:
>
>> ou would only need SSH to the firewall (or to one machine behind the
>> firewall), assuming you don't care that the internal communication
>> isn't encrypted
>
> I guess I don't understand then.  I'm using VNC viewer on my desktop
> to connect to the firewall machine so I can get its desktop and do my work
> - which I suppose could also be done through SSH.  However, if I
> connect to the firewall through SSH, how am I supposed to get to the
> internal machine's desktop (from there?)  Using VNC viewer is the only way
> I know of.

Look at the "More advanced use" section of this page.

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/DTG/attarchive/vnc/sshvnc.html

You use SSH port forwarding to forward a port to the internal machine via
the firewall.

-- 
William Hooper