Using VNC: SSH+VNC

VNC can use many different ports, one per server. The standard configuration on the server has one server per user.¹We will figure out which port to use in Subsection 1.6, but we will work through the example with a standard port. Just keep in mind that the port you will use will differ from the example.

The following assumes that

• a VNC connection is to be tunnelled
• from client.anywhere.com, short: client
• to vrdcXXXX.vrdc.cornell.edu, short: vrdcXXXX
• Port 22 (ssh standard) is open for at least outgoing connections on the firewall surrounding client.
• No other open ports are necessary on vrdcXXXX
• the VNC display (remote desktop) will be running on display 1.

Note that the pictures may refer to ``yeehaa.ciser.cornell.edu''. Please replace with ``vrdcXXXX.vrdc.cornell.edu'' where appropriate.