From fork-admin@xent.com Thu Sep 26 18:11:36 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA74B16F17 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 18:11:13 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 26 Sep 2002 18:11:13 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8QGi7g28312 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:44:07 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FC6B2940FD; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:40:09 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from hotmail.com (oe32.pav2.hotmail.com [64.4.36.89]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9419729409A for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:39:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:43:18 -0700 X-Originating-Ip: [4.63.110.224] From: "Jason Ling" To: "Joseph S. Barrera III" , "FoRK" Subject: Re: dumb question: X client behind a firewall? MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0005.2201 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0004_01C2655A.4ABB3500" Message-Id: X-Originalarrivaltime: 26 Sep 2002 16:43:18.0336 (UTC) FILETIME=[D11A9C00:01C2657B] Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:43:19 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.1 required=5.0 tests=HTML_TAG_MIXED_CASE,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,SPAM_PHRASE_08_13, T_OUTLOOK_REPLY version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: * ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C2655A.4ABB3500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph S. Barrera III Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:06 PM To: FoRK Subject: dumb question: X client behind a firewall? Let's say you're behind a firewall and have a NAT address. Is there any way to telnet to a linux box out there in the world and set your DISPLAY in some way that you can create xterms on your own screen? - Joe -------------------- I'm in no way a pro but perhaps you could set your Firewall to accept con= nections from that Linux box and then somehow set the Linux box to transm= it on a specific port. Then configure your router to forward all informat= ion from that port to your box. But then again, that pretty much defeats the entire point of a firewall =3D= P.Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.ms= n.com ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C2655A.4ABB3500 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph S. Barrera III
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:06 PM
To: FoRK
Subject: dumb question: X client behind a firewall?
 

L= et's say you're behind a firewall and have a NAT address.
Is there any= way to telnet to a linux box out there in the world
and set your DISP= LAY in some way that you can create
xterms on your own screen?

= - Joe

 

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I'm in no way a pr= o but perhaps you could set your Firewall to accept connections from that= Linux box and then somehow set the Linux box to transmit on a specific p= ort. Then configure your router to forward all information from that port= to your box.

 

But then again, that pretty much defea= ts the entire point of a firewall =3DP.

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