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Hi,

It is possible to force only a VNC connection over SSH only? If someone try to connect via VNC (not over SSH) he got denied access.

I'm using Mac OS X Snow Leopard, & last version of Remoter VNC on Ipad 2.

Thank you, & Thanks for this magnific app'

If you're connecting from outside of your LAN, all you need to do is not setup port forwarding for VNC (5900), only do it for SSH (port 22).

Hope that helps,

Raf.

ok thanks

I tried but it doesn't work, as long as he need the VNC port to be open, even in VNC over SSH wich is logic.

VNC = 5900 only
but VNC over SSH = 5900 + 22 to be open.

VNC only: Requires port 5900 to be open

VNC over SSH : Requires only port 22. Port 5900 is not needed. I personally use this all the time, and I don't have port 5900 port-forwarded.
The way it works is that Remoter opens a tunnel inside the SSH connection to talk to VNC, so all traffic goes through the SSH port.

Raf.

Nope it doesn't work... If I don't forward 5900

It freezes on "Connecting to VNC..." and I'm in 'VNC over SSH".

t-bo wrote:Nope it doesn't work... If I don't forward 5900

It freezes on "Connecting to VNC..." and I'm in 'VNC over SSH".

That shouldn't happen; I'll DM you with some instructions so we can debug this a bit more.

Thanks,

Raf.

OK, t-bo were able to identify the issue, and correct it. Here's the main point from our offline conversation:

raf: If your SSH and VNC server are the same machine, you can try specifying localhost for the VNC in Remoter.

t-bo: Yes they are on the same machine, so I specified "localhost" for the VNC it works fine Yeah Maybe you should add a note for other users?

OK, t-bo and I were able to identify the issue, and correct it. Here's the main point from our offline conversation:

raf: If your SSH and VNC server are the same machine, you can try specifying localhost for the VNC in Remoter.

t-bo: Yes they are on the same machine, so I specified "localhost" for the VNC it works fine Yeah Maybe you should add a note for other users?