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HOWTO Use Your Mac From Anywhere

Last updated: Friday, November 4, 2005

This guide demonstrates using SSH tunnels and VNC screen-sharing software to use your Mac from any PC over the Internet. It’s fast, secure, cross-platform, and can be done entirely with open source software.

Download the video:

• “HOWTO use your Mac from anywhere” - desktop edition
• “HOWTO use your Mac from anywhere” - iPod edition

Links mentioned in the video:

• PuTTY, PuTTYgen, Pageant, & Plink: SSH utilities for Windows
• iTerm: terminal emulator for Mac OS X
• OSXvnc: VNC server for Mac OS X
• UltraVNC: VNC client for Windows
• DynDNS: dynamic DNS service
• Orb Gettarr, Noize Unitz, & Thomas Volk: background music

Further reading:

• Introduction to VNC
• Introduction to SSH
• SSH host keys and man-in-the-middle attacks
• Introduction to SSH tunnels
• Other practical uses for SSH tunnels
• Using SSH tunnels and VNC to access a Windows PC remotely

Need a video player? Try iTunes (Mac and Windows) or VLC (all platforms).

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