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I am trying to get access to my desktop (linux) at the university (windows), using vnc. my problem is that the university is using a strange kind of firewall - it rejects all connections initiated from outside the department. the vnc connection is established fine, (netstat in both ends confirms this) but I do not get the desktop window.
A friend with good knowledge about the system told me that the problem probably is that the identification and connection is allowed to pass, but when the server attempts to send data to the client, the firewall stops it. Is there a way to overcome this? I do not have access to firewall settings.
i've got to say that your department doesn't sound in the slightest bit strange, makes an awful lot of sense to me. if what your friend says it right, then they must be doing some higher level traffic filtering and there's precious little you can do about it the way you're going about it. what you'll probably want to look into is something like ssh tunneling. normally works perfectly to overcome issues like this.
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