On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:17:36 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> As far as I know, getting X to actually work remotely is extremely
>>> difficult, whereas I know from experience that getting VNC to work
>>> remotely is trivial.
>>
>> VNC is also trivially compromised unless you tunnel it over ssh or wrap
>> it in ssl.
> 
> If the two machines are on the same LAN, this probably isn't a problem.
> (And presumably the same applies to X as well anyway...)

Yes, that's true, if you trust the LAN.

Jim

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