On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:45:25 +0800, Bopolissimus Platypus Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:54:25 +0800, Bryan Martinez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yikes! bat andami ata ng vnc variations... upon looking > > up realvnc and tightvnc meron ding lumabas na ultravnc... > > which will offer me better control/management? > > use the command line if you can. vnc is slow on a lan, > it's much slower over the pacific ocean (depends on your > bandwidth though).
VNC is not a viable option when you get outside your LAN. Being a connection-oriented protocol, you'd experience more slowdown once you add it on top of another connection-oriented protocol (such as ssh). > on the other hand, if you're used to graphical tools and > can't live without them, choose the one that's fastest > and can work through an encrypted tunnel. > > for myself, if i have to do remote management of a server, > i find that encrypted X sessions are *much* faster than > vnc on a lan. not yet tested it over an international link, > but it's probably the same. so if you can do that, that's > probably the thing to do. just ssh over there and make > sure that X forwarding is enabled, then just start the > remote management tool (e.g., on mandrake, drakconf.real). > > since drakconf.real must run as root, you probably want > to deny password auth and accept only certificate auth. > and then make sure your cert on the local box has a > strong passphrase :). > > > im planning to subscribe kase to a dedicated > > server which is hosted abroad... am putting up a > > web application and would pretty much like to do > > some software installations and database > > backups as my regular tasks... > > use the command line for that. there's no need for > this stuff to be done graphically. after you've got > the procedure set up, put it in cron so that it's done > automatically. Since most hosting companies won't give shell access that easily, get a provider that would offer you a web-based interface for manipulating your system. Hint: it's a poor substitute to remote shell access in god mode, but a secure substitute nonetheless. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
