Make sure you only use the -L option within a private network.  The -L
option opens the local port to any computer to send traffic through
the tunnel.

Use -l to only allow the ssh client to send traffic through the tunnel.

On 6/3/06, Jordan Peacock <hewhocutsdown at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is how I got it running, after setting up the ssh and vncserver
> install stuffs.
>
> 1. ssh username at IP -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5901
> 2. From server: vncserver :2 -geometry 800x600 -depth 16 -name NAME
> 3. From client: vncviewer -via username at IP localhost:2
>
> Thank you Jeff, Doug, Doug's friend and everyone else who (through
> mailing lists, chat or at the Installfest) have made this possible.
> Hope it helps!
>
>                              -jordan
>
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