best way to run graphical BT4 from a server

[dninja at gmail.com (Robin Wood)]

2009/7/28 Dale Stirling <dale at puredistortion.com>:
> Xen will work for full virtulisation and run Backtrack (haven't tested).
>
> Xen delivers it Graphical interface over VNC. though you can set up TLS
> support for these connections.

I'll be only allowing access to it through a VPN but would probably
stick TLS on as well if available.

So, half expecting to start a war here, Xen vs VirtualBox for this
setup? I've personally ruled out vmware server just because it was
always sluggish compared to VirtualBox and I really didn't like the
browser thing they came up with.

Robin

> Dale
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2009/7/27 Nick Drage <nickd at funkyjesus.org>:
> > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:54:50PM +0100, Robin Wood wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm building a server that is going to go into a data centre and I
> > > > want to some kind of virtual machine software, probably either
> > > > VirtualBox or Xen, and in that I'd like to run BT4. What is my best
> > > > option to get a full BT4 X session back to my linux desktop?
> > >
> > > I can't speak for Xen, although I know someone to ask if no-one here can
> > > help... which I suspect is extremely unlikely ;)
> > >
> > > For Virtualbox, Look at VRDP, which I would expect you can port forward
> > > over SSH. ?The "--vrddport" and "--vrdpaddress" options should be used
> > > here.
> >
> > I like Virtualbox so would rather go with that so I'll have a look at
> > VRDP and see what it offers.
> >
> > > BTW, if you use VMWare Server instead watch your firewalling, IIRC
> > > it opens several listening ports whether you want it to or not.
> >
> > I tried it and didn't like it, didn't seem a patch on VirtualBox last
> > time I gave it a go.
> >
> > Robin
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