Hello kwan,
Do you know if Putty has an updated or patch available for the Vista OS?
Your probably ahead of the game considering not many people are in full swing
with Vista. I am curious to know if Putty has an upgrade that needs to be
applied in order to be fully operational in Vista.

I recently attended a Windows TechNet conference and the most important thing
he said all day was; " Vista is not an upgrade from XP, it is an entirely
different approach"

Danny Gallegos
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com

Hi Sooner Al,

I am using Putty (for SSH tunnel) with XP SP2 Remote Desktop. It works
fine.

However, while I use the same Putty and parameters in Windows Vista
Remote
Desktop, I get this error message:
"The client could not connect. You are already connected to the
console of
this computer. A new sonsole session cannot be established."
Do you know what is the reason?

---kam

"Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:

Yes...With OpenVPN you roll your own...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...N/OpenVPN.html

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"Puppy Breath" wrote in message
...

By "cert" you mean like an SSL certificate or something?

"Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote in message
...

You could, at least with XP Pro, run Remote Desktop through a VPN
or Secure Shell (SSH) tunnel for added security. I have done both
and currently use OpenVPN.

With OpenVPN you need a cert, key and you protect the key with a
strong password. With SSH you can use a key pair protected with a
strong password.

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"Puppy Breath" wrote in message
...

Yeah, that makes sense. With my ISP I'd have to upgrade my home
account to a business account for that. I was looking for the
free/easy/mindless way to do it. Something like Remote Assistance
without needing someone on the other side to respond when you
click Request Control. You connect through an RA ticket or just by
entering the IP addresses from that ticket into some prompt, enter
the password, and you're connected.

Not the most secure thing in the world. But hey, we're talking
about a home network with a dynamic IP address. It's not like it
would be exposed all the time. You'd just have to remember to
generate an RA ticket or check your IP address before you leave.

"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message
...

Well, it can be as simple as that yeh. All you need is an
external IP of which your router or ISP can provide you with, or
a direct port or something like that.

I've done it with mine - I've got my computer names linked up to
***.zacknet.co.uk so I can access them wherever I go )

--
Zack Whittaker
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so,
and not
of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
cleared
that up!
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"Puppy Breath" wrote in message
...
The Remote Desktop documentation in Windows Ultimate (5308) is a
little confusing, as though it's not just a client. But it
couldn't possibly be the sort of thing where I just leave my
home PC online through my ISP, then connect to it remotely
across the Internet, right? My home machine would need a FQDN
for me to even be able to find it from afar, right? Not to
mention Terminal Services, a Web server, or something.