On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Jan Wieck wrote:
> nolan@celery.tssi.com wrote:
> >> ??? You can look at an HTML file directy with any browser. If you're SSH-ing
> >> in to a remote system, use Lynx. Though I agree that providing both man and
> >> html would be nicer.
> >
> > Try accessing a HTML file on a Linux system from a PC-based browser.
> >
> > Unless you have some kind of file sharing software running, which I
> > generally don't because the only times I've ever been hacked into they
> > got in through file sharing ports, you can't get there from here.
>
> If you work on Unix systems remotely on a regular base, you should have
> a Unix system as a workstation too. That way you can use ssh(1) to
> forward your X11 connections through a secure channel.
>
> A "second" PC can be implemented as a memory+disk upgrade together with
> a VMware license.
I gave up on windows as a workable solution for interfacing to Unix
systems long ago. It's like driving a mini-cooper around a track full of
formula-1 cars.
