Well, encapsulated connections are here to stay. I agree that they should be encrypted.
It's not exactly as if it is a Microsoft specific thing. SSL VPNs, ssh tunneling - lots of examples in the OSS world too. -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Another screen sharing gizmo (free) from Microsoft "SharedView" Decisions, decisions! :-) -- ME2 On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you saying that encapsulated communications are bad? > > Or that unencrypted encapsulated communications are bad? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:14 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Another screen sharing gizmo (free) from Microsoft "SharedView" > > Good to see Microsoft still supports bitching things through port 80. > Way to go - not. > > -- > ME2 > > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Alverson, Tom (Xetron) > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Similar but different. Netmeeting is point to point. SharedView >> appears to communicate through Microsoft servers on ports 80 and 443 so >> firewalls should not be a problem. In netmeeting you have an optional >> ILS server which is basically just a list of names and IP addresses. >> Sharedview requires you to login to a "passport" type of login and then >> you can easily send an email to the other end which has a URL with the >> session name and password embedded (they just need to click the link and >> you need to accept). >> >> Tom >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:19 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Another screen sharing gizmo (free) from Microsoft >> "SharedView" >> >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Alverson, Tom (Xetron) >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SharedView >> >> Sounds like NetMeeting all over again. >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
