How to setup Remote Desktop Connection with SSH port forwarding in Windows Vista Ultimate via Putty SSH client?
As the office Checkpoint Firewall only allows SSH traffic, I’ve to use SSH port forwarding technique to remote access Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition in data centre from my home Desktop that running on Windows Vista Ultimate Open Putty Configuration dialog box, click the Session menu on the Category pane, specify the remote SSH server hostname / IP address, the SSH port number, and the SSH protocol. In this example, only the RedhatSSH server is accessible from Internet via SSH protocol Click the Tunnels menu in the Category tree, specify a free TCP port in the local system (the Vista Ultimate home Desktop), the Remote Desktop service host (the Windows Server 2003 in data centre) and the Remote Desktop service listening port (default to TCP port 3389) for the SSH Local Port Forwarding setting. Click the Add button to add them to the Forwarded Ports text-box. To find out an unused (free) TCP port in Windows Vista, randomly select a port number (say 9999) and type netstat -ant | find
