In Part I of this two-part tutorial we discovered options on remoting between Linux and Windows machines. Plus we setup the VNC solution on each platform. Now we'll continue by configuring our router for connections over the Internet. Additionally, we'll see how to encrypt the connections and how to remote into the native display. Let's get started!

When you are using a FTP server you can connect using either Active or Passive connections. Each has advantages and disadvantages. When you set up FTP, in this example using VSFTPD, you need to make this connection decision. Active connections are safest for the server but at times may not work for some clients.

One aspect of managing mail server connections is managing Keep-Alives. Managing Keep-Alives with TCP connections may increase reliability of connections or save resources on the server.

rinetd redirects TCP connections from one IP address and port to another, with basic IP-based access control.rinetd is a single-process server which handles any number of connections to the address/port pairs specified in the file /etc/rinetd.conf.

How do I restrict the number of connections used by a single IP address to my server for port 80 and 25 using iptables?

SSHMenu is a GNOME panel applet , that helps you for managing all of your regular SSH connections within a single mouse click. Each menu option will open an SSH session in a new terminal window.

I was looking for a replacement for SecureCRT in Ubuntu. Something that would let me save all my SSH connections and make it possible to open a connection with the least effort.

One tool to help you manage your secure shell connections is the GNOME SSHmenu tool. This helpful application adds a small applet to the GNOME panel that allows you to make secure shell connections with a single click.

At the end of day, there was two server running simultaneously on the using different ports for connections. Here are the steps, I took to install and configure multiple MySQL servers: