Touche! :) -----Original Message----- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 8:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OS Remote control app without open ports
Well, I suppose if you use a protocol other than TCP/IP (e.g. IPX/SPX) you can get around the port requirements :-) Cheers Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 28 April 2008 9:00 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OS Remote control app without open ports > > Something has to open a port, or you aint getting though it. To > possibly circumvent that issue, you would need to initital the > connection from inside the firewall - if the firewall isnt filtering > outbound. > > Its not inline with your OP, but I would recommend DameWare's Mini > Remote Control. You'd only be paying per-tech instead of per system. > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Oliver Marshall > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone know of an open source remote control app (I guess > anything > > like that would be VNC based) that will allow a tech to control a > remote > > machine at will without requiring any ports to be open on the > firewall > > at the destination end? > > > > I want to push something out to a ton of laptops and servers. The > > servers would be a management nightmare updating all the firewalls > and > > the laptops will be moving around and therefore we wont have direct > > access to the firewalls to be able to set port redirection. > > > > Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
