Much
as I like VNC, your security guy is smoking crack.
VNC is
more resource intensive. If you put it on a slow server (<400MHz) it will be
very sluggish unless you disable compression.
VNC
pretty much sucks over dialup (even with compression).
VNC
uses one fixed password for access control[1] and it sends this password in
plain-text.
VNC
won't log you out or lock the screen if the client
disconnects.
What
beef does your security guy have against PCAnywhere? Make him prove that it is
not suitable.
[1]
UltraVNC uses windows authentication, but UltraVNC is relatively new, and IMHO,
not production rated yet.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Abagnale
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:17 AM
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Subject: [ActiveDir] OT - VNC / Remote AdministrationSorry for the OT post, does anyone have any experience with VNC as a remote tool for your servers, more specifically NT4 Servers?We use Terminal Services or HP Remote Insight (depending on what needs to be done) for our new core Windows 2000 AD servers for day to day administration, however, on our legacy NT4 domain, we have a number of NT4 servers which we a planning to move over to our Windows 2000 domain but not for another 6-8months. In this time they will still need to be remotely administered. They currently have PCAnywhere installed on there and it's something our security guy has recommended we removed and installed a different package on.any feedback?- FrankFrank Abagnale
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