Secure Remote Access to Your Desktop | Linux Today

Secure Remote Access to Your Desktop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 8, 2007

“Accessing your home server safely can be problematic,
especially if you don’t have a fixed IP address, but with Linux,
DynDNS, PAM, and NX Free you can create a safe remote access path
to your machine.

“A few months ago, I had to travel from my hometown of
Montevideo, Uruguay, to New York. As I would be staying abroad a
few weeks, I had to make sure I could access my home server safely.
Despite Linux’s stability, I had to allow for my family having
problems back home, and I couldn’t depend on giving instructions
over the phone or by messaging…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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