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→Establishing a Secure Remote Desktop Session from a Windows System
Once PuTTY is donwloaded and installed the first step is to set up a secure connection between the Windows system and the remote Linux system with appropriate tunnelling configured. When launched PuTTY displays the following screen:
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Enter the IP address or host name of the remote host (or the external IP address of the gateway if you are connecting from outside the firewall). The next step is to set up the tunnel. Click on the + next to SSH in the ''Category'' tree on the left hand side of the dialog and click on Tunnels. The screen should appear as follows:
