lifehacker.com — It's simple to set up an SSH server right on your Windows PC with Cygwin (and even simpler on your Mac). Once your personal SSH server is up and running, you can connect to your home computer securely from anywhere on the internet, up and download files and perform all the command line tasks your heart desires. Here's how.
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Closed AccountOct 5, 2006
Just use a good password people! Telling all these mac users to turn on their SSH service is just asking for people to get brute forced. I run an SSH server at my house that I proxy all my IM and web through when I am on the road, but I use good password security too.
criticOct 5, 2006
I've tried this about a dozen different times and can't get this or VNC to ever work.I have the free version of ZoneAlarm and have no direct control of the ports that need to be opened.Then I read taht SSH was only a command line interface and lost interest alltogether.Props to those who use this tho.
fruktOct 5, 2006
Having an SSH server at home to log into and do kewl stuff was all joy until I realized that most places I used to make the connection weren't all that trustworthy and my passwords might very well have been stolen by keyloggers and such. Now the only port I have open is TCP/80; lighttpd running in chroot jail, of course. Something to keep in mind.
criticOct 5, 2006
@cheeze69...so do you have to be an assh**e to run 'nix.Seems like most penguin users I know are. You suck as much as Mac fan bois.FWIW I cut my teeth on CPM-80 back when your mama was still wiping your ass.l33t dickwad
burkeOct 5, 2006
Hey, I've been trying to figure out how to do that. Thanks.
pr0ctyOct 5, 2006
how is freenx compared to ssh cmd line/ X11 fowarding...and current vnc software?
altotusOct 6, 2006
NX is great. I highly recomment it. It groks X11, VNC, and RDP.
5h4rkNov 26, 2006
How can I do this with Linux?