Re: Easy VPN setup for remote users

Morten W. Petersen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> we have some remote users that need help setting up various tools on
> their computers, and we would like to be able to do this for them via
> VPN, having them for example downloading an application and starting it
> so we can access their computer.
> 
> It is important that the procedure is as easy as possible for the
> customer, and that it should work well even if the customer is behind a
> firewall.
> 
> Do you know of any configurations that could work for this?  We have
> access to a public internet server that runs Linux, maybe the customer
> end application could connect to that?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> 
> Morten

Morten:

You might want to look into Freenx.  It can be used like VNC to remote
control boxes using RDP or VNC.  The server can be your linux box where
it can take advantage or PAM for authentication.

HTH,

Nick

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