Semi-off-topic but there have been (free) ways to run SSH on Windows for
some time now. Notable examples are here:
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshwin.html
Hal Rottenberg | Hewlett-Packard
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Maniotis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 8:19
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: VNC vs PPTP
>
>
> You could use an intermediary Unix box to provide SSH, but there's now
> an SSH server for Windows:
>
> http://www.ssh.com/products/ssh/WINserverfeatures.html
>
> -Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Eric Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:06 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: VNC vs PPTP
>
>
> Our outside network expert thinks that Microsoft's PPTP is
> extraordinarily insecure. Yet, he uses VNC extensively to monitor
> systems. I found out today that he has installed it on at least one
> of our computers.
>
> I tried VNC a couple of years ago and concluded that it did not
> seem secure enough to use and so I haven't done anything with it
> since then.
>
> I'm not saying that PPTP is safe, but that the vulnerabilities are
> fairly limited as far as I can tell and that to me, it
> certainly appears
>
> safer (and more useful) than VNC.
>
> Does anyone know the relative safety of VNC and PPTP? Or is
> there any way to adequately compare them?
>
> Eric Johnson
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