Rails - Feb 2006 - [kind of OT] Software Remote connect to MacOS ?

Hi

sorry for the slighty out of topic question but I''m sure someone here
will
be able to answer.

Does anyone use some kind of remote connection to connect to MacOS ?
I''m
thinking of using VNC but I''d love to hear from other (especially
secure)
alternatives.

I''m just fond of textmate, I have a dell laptop which I''d like
to use as a
terminal.

kind regards

Thibaut
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Thibaut Barr?re wrote:
> Hi
> 
> sorry for the slighty out of topic question but I''m sure someone
here
> will be able to answer.
> 
> Does anyone use some kind of remote connection to connect to MacOS ?
I''m
> thinking of using VNC but I''d love to hear from other (especially 
> secure) alternatives.
OSXvnc works fine for me...

-- 
Alex

On 08 Feb 2006, at 11:46, Alex Young wrote:
>
> Thibaut Barr?re wrote:
>> Hi
>> sorry for the slighty out of topic question but I''m sure
someone
>> here will be able to answer.
>> Does anyone use some kind of remote connection to connect to  
>> MacOS ? I''m thinking of using VNC but I''d love to
hear from other
>> (especially secure) alternatives.
> OSXvnc works fine for me...
Other solutions available are Timbuktu Pro (http://www.netopia.com/ 
software/products/tb2/multi/), it''s not free, but you can tunnel it  
over SSH. You could actually do the same for VNC, just tunnel it  
through SSH and you should be ready to go.

Another option would be to use a VPN connection. These should be  
quite secure and from my personal experience, remote access  
applications are a bit snappier when run over VPN too (don''t ask me  
why). Remote Access solutions for the Mac sadly never get the  
performance you get from Terminal Services or FreeNX.

If you want to run multiple OS X remote sessions on one Mac, you''ll  
need to create a few accounts, run OSXvnc on each account (use fast  
user switching, make sure they are all logged in) and host each  
OSXvnc on a different port. It has some quirks, but it works... kind of.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

Hi

thanks for those replies, they put me on the right path. After your mail
I''ve searched for OSXvnc (which I didn''t know so far), the faq
are here
http://www.redstonesoftware.com/vnc.html#download and they explain how to
use SSH and multiple sessions.

thanks! (and what a nice list we have here)

Thibaut
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On 08/02/06, Peter De Berdt <peter.de.berdt@pandora.be>
wrote:
>
>
> On 08 Feb 2006, at 11:46, Alex Young wrote:
>
> >
> > Thibaut Barr?re wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> sorry for the slighty out of topic question but I''m sure
someone
> >> here will be able to answer.
> >> Does anyone use some kind of remote connection to connect to
> >> MacOS ? I''m thinking of using VNC but I''d love
to hear from other
> >> (especially secure) alternatives.
> > OSXvnc works fine for me...
>
> Other solutions available are Timbuktu Pro (http://www.netopia.com/
> software/products/tb2/multi/), it''s not free, but you can tunnel
it
> over SSH. You could actually do the same for VNC, just tunnel it
> through SSH and you should be ready to go.
>
> Another option would be to use a VPN connection. These should be
> quite secure and from my personal experience, remote access
> applications are a bit snappier when run over VPN too (don''t ask
me
> why). Remote Access solutions for the Mac sadly never get the
> performance you get from Terminal Services or FreeNX.
>
> If you want to run multiple OS X remote sessions on one Mac,
you''ll
> need to create a few accounts, run OSXvnc on each account (use fast
> user switching, make sure they are all logged in) and host each
> OSXvnc on a different port. It has some quirks, but it works... kind of.
>
> Best regards
>
> Peter De Berdt
>
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On 08 Feb 2006, at 13:58, Thibaut Barr?re wrote:
> Hi
>
> thanks for those replies, they put me on the right path. After your  
> mail I''ve searched for OSXvnc (which I didn''t know so
far), the faq
> are here http://www.redstonesoftware.com/vnc.html#download and they  
> explain how to use SSH and multiple sessions.
>
> thanks! (and what a nice list we have here)
I must add I''m unable to use my AZERTY keyboard with Chicken of the  
VNC (and other OS X VNC clients), I have to set my system''s keyboard  
layout to American QWERTY in order for the mapping to be correct.  
Since your name looks pretty French to me, you might run into the  
same problem.


Best regards

Peter De Berdt

>
> I must add I''m unable to use my AZERTY keyboard with Chicken of
the
> VNC (and other OS X VNC clients), I have to set my system''s
keyboard
> layout to American QWERTY in order for the mapping to be correct.
> Since your name looks pretty French to me, you might run into the
> same problem.


Well I''m quite French yes :) Thanks for the update, I''ll have
a try a keep
the list posted.
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> OSXvnc works fine for me...
Tiger and (maybe) Panther have built in VNC support, no additional VNC 
Server required.

Open up System Preferences, Sharing, check Apple Remote Desktop, then 
check VNC Viewers May Control Screen with Password (and enter a good 
password there).  then make sure port 5900 is open on your mac and any 
firewall between you and the world.  Et le voila!

Brian

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Brian Ketelsen wrote:
>> OSXvnc works fine for me...
> 
> Tiger and (maybe) Panther have built in VNC support, no additional VNC 
> Server required.
> 
> Open up System Preferences, Sharing, check Apple Remote Desktop, then 
> check VNC Viewers May Control Screen with Password (and enter a good 
> password there).  then make sure port 5900 is open on your mac and any 
> firewall between you and the world.  Et le voila!
Ooh!  Nice :-)  I had no idea it had VNC tucked in there...  Will have 
to give that a try.

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Alex

On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 15:48 +0100, Brian Ketelsen wrote:
> > OSXvnc works fine for me...
> 
> Tiger and (maybe) Panther have built in VNC support, no additional VNC 
> Server required.
> 
> Open up System Preferences, Sharing, check Apple Remote Desktop, then 
> check VNC Viewers May Control Screen with Password (and enter a good 
> password there).  then make sure port 5900 is open on your mac and any 
> firewall between you and the world.  Et le voila!
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umm...that''s not encrypted is it? 

Craig