Tunnel - Putty - Remote Desktop

Ever found yourself away from home and not sure if the connection back to work (or even any offsite location) is safe? Here is how to use Putty to make a secure Remote Desktop connection over SSH back to your safe network. It is quite simple actually. After it is setup for the first time, just load it up and away you go. :)

Ok. First thing first; you will need Putty. Go to www.google.com and search/download ''Putty''. You don't even need to install it as it can run straight from your desktop. I suggest putting it in your program files directory just to keep things uniform.

• Now, go ahead and open it up.

1. Put in the IP or Host Name of your SSH server.
2. Leave it at 22 or change it to whatever port you run your SSH server on.
3. Verify that SSH is selected.
4. Give it a Saved Session name.
   

5. On the left side, expand SSH.
6. Click on Tunnels to see your options for types of tunnels.
7. Enter the ''Source port'' of 1234
8. Enter ''Destination'' of the machine your wanting to Remote Desktop to WITH the port number.
9. Make sure ''Local'' and ''Auto'' are selected.
10. PRESS ADD



11. Now go back to the category ''Session'' on the top left.
12. Click SAVE
13. Then Open
14. Log into your SSH server and do some thing useful. ;)
15. Now, open up ''Remote Desktop Connection''.
16. Type in ''localhost:1234''
17. That should make the connection and you should be able to log in.