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What ports do I need to forward to allow an X-Server behind a firewall?

Forwarding X-Windows via NAT is port 6000+k where k=display number. For display :0 it's 6000, for display 1 it's 6001, and so forth.

Last updated on 2006-02-19 14:00:00 -0700, by Shalom Craimer

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