> > What I needed was a vnc connection that was secure both ways and bears no > > risk > > of one party meddling with the other side's machine. > > What does vnc give you that ssh doesn't? I do remote support with ssh for > my granny users.
It gives me: less control and less trouble. Most people I know have NAT routers, so first part would be they'd have to forward to their sshd. Which is a security risk on the one hand plus requires the user to be capable of forwarding a port via their router interface. Next they'd have to set up an account for me. I got some folks there where I'm almost 100% sure that's beyond their abilities. Yes, even with Kubuntu. Next: on a VNC session they can phone or chat to me and I can tell them what to do and see what they're actually doing, thus they might learn something. I don't wanna do support for the rest of my life, at least not for free :) And finally not everyone would give me ssh root access to their box. (Hell, *I* wouldn't :D ) On a VNC session they can limit it to "view only" if they want and even if not they can always see what I do, type, open, etc etc. Dex -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a- C++++ UL++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS+ PE Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ b++(+++) DI+++ D- G++ e* h>++ r* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.stop1984.com http://www.againsttcpa.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
