From jkyllo@u.washington.edu Thu Apr 22 14:09:51 1999 Received: from bp09.u.washington.edu (root@bp09.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.75]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id OAA25838 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:09:50 -0700 Received: from fred (D-128-208-38-65.dhcp.washington.edu [128.208.38.65]) by bp09.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with SMTP id OAA55036 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:09:47 -0700 Message-ID: <001401be8d04$7c645b90$4126d080@fred.sanlorenzo> From: "Jeffrey J. Kyllo" To: Subject: Re: Linux as an X terminal Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:10:01 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Actually, umm. Where is the FAQ? I wasn't aware that this group had one. In the future, I'll check that first. Thanks for the help from all of you though. -Jeff >Definitely something to add to our RPM and FAQ for connectivity. "Where >can I get access to encryption sofware to secure my connection, and why >should I get it?". > >Later, > David > > >On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Christopher Twigg wrote: > >> There are RPMs at ftp.replay.com if that's what you're looking for. >> >> (I'm getting a profound sense of deja vu here...) >> >> Christopher Twigg >> cdtwigg@u.washington.edu >> >> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, C. Hunter wrote: >> >> > >> > SSH is developed outside of the US, because of export cryptography laws I >> > believe. http://www.ssh.fi/sshprotocols2/download.html has a list of >> > worldwide mirrors for the program. >> > >> > -Chris >> > >> > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Jeffrey J. Kyllo wrote: >> > >> > > I seem to have run into a problem. Should I be running ssh locally or on >> > > the UA machine? If locally, then there's the problem. I didn't install it >> > > when I installed Linux and a friend of mine is borrowing my CD's. So, where >> > > can I download it? I tried looking in the UNC archives but they don't seem >> > > to be organized very well. Any ideas? As far as versions go, I'm running >> > > RedHat 5.2 with the 2.0.36 kernel. >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Dave Dittrich >> > > To: UW Linux Group >> > > Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 13:58 >> > > Subject: Re: Linux as an X terminal >> > > >> > > >> > > >On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, R. David Whitlock wrote: >> > > > >> > > >> Variation on this I hadn't ever tried: can we still XDM login to the UAC >> > > >> machines (locally of course) ? I can't think of a great reason to do so, >> > > >> but.... >> > > > >> > > >Part of the problem may be that you are trying to use "setup xlab", >> > > >which is *not* a general XDM replacement. It is very specific to the >> > > >C&C X Terminal Labs, using NCD X terminals (booted with our server code, >> > > >using XDM like capabilities of a central C&C system). >> > > > >> > > >As for XDM on UA systems, C&C has never supported this. One major >> > > >reason is you are sharing that system with thosands of other users, and >> > > >running multiple X clients under XDM is not very memory friendly. >> > > > >> > > >I suggest using "ssh" as Mike Hornung explained, for greatest ease, >> > > >greatest security, least impact on shared systems. >> > > > >> > > >-- >> > > >Dave Dittrich Client Services >> > > >dittrich@cac.washington.edu Computing & Communications >> > > > University of Washington >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >Dave Dittrich / dittrich@cac.washington.edu [PGP Key] >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > > .