Freenx & desktop sharing

[Dennis Kaarsemaker]

On ma, 2005-10-31 at 15:17 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> along with the Windows freenx client from NoMachine, and it screams!
> It takes considerably longer to set up the session than VNC, but once
> connected I can hardly tell I'm not on my own machine.  All this, and
> the connection's encrypted too.

It takes longer, because the protocol has several phases to go through:
* making the ssh connection
* negotiating parameters for the NX protocol
* attaching the X session to the freeNX protocol
* starting the X server on your windows machine
* attaching the FreeNX input to that X server

> The only small problem I had was figuring out what port I had to open
> in my firewall (7000, I think - I haven't actually tested it, I just
> turned off the firewall, connected, turned it back on, then looked to
> see what unusual ports seemed to be in use).

That's odd...
-- 
Dennis K.
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