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**Cellus** · 09-13-2006, 11:35 AM

I've had tremendous success using Remote Desktop - I'm guessing your firewall/router needs to forward port 3389 (the RDP port). Terminal Services in a multi-user environment is also superb.

I should note there are weaknesses with VNC security, so you should always tunnel it like using SSH. Personally I like Remote Desktop/Terminal Services.

There is a good freeware (for the Community Edition) VPN program called SSL Explorer you should take a look at:

http://www.3sp.com/showSslExplorerCommunity.do

Addendum: As another look-see, OpenVPN is another choice you can examine. It takes a lot of configuration and detail, but it is open-source (if you are an open-source junkie).

http://openvpn.net

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Cellus Moderator Networking Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,664 OS: Windows Vista Business SP1, Windows XP Professional SP3 My System	I've had tremendous success using Remote Desktop - I'm guessing your firewall/router needs to forward port 3389 (the RDP port). Terminal Services in a multi-user environment is also superb. I should note there are weaknesses with VNC security, so you should always tunnel it like using SSH. Personally I like Remote Desktop/Terminal Services. There is a good freeware (for the Community Edition) VPN program called SSL Explorer you should take a look at: http://www.3sp.com/showSslExplorerCommunity.do Addendum: As another look-see, OpenVPN is another choice you can examine. It takes a lot of configuration and detail, but it is open-source (if you are an open-source junkie). http://openvpn.net __________________ TSF Networking Team Virus/Trojan/Spyware Removal Help Donate! Last edited by Cellus; 09-13-2006 at 11:39 AM.