RDP is safe enough through a VPN. Over the public internet to your office IP not through a VPN? Goooood-night.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Tue, 19 Sep 2017, at 02:41 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > Remote Desktop gets a deservedly bad reputation, but it's possible to > configure it to work on a non-standard port (to avoid the skript > kiddies) with SSL-level encryption, and limited to a specific IP > address. It would cost nothing, but I'd charge a client at least $300 > to set it up. Details are on the internet. > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:35 PM, > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Customer is a small business and NOT tech savvy at all (so don't suggest > > "UltraVNC configured oh so cool!"). I warned her you get what you pay for > > many times, but said I'd research it. I use TeamViewer and it's great for > > me but overkill for her. TV has a free license but the wording appears to > > be such that it's for accessing your personal home computer from work (not > > the other direction). LogMeIn (as we've noted here) kept jacking up prices, > > and they have no more free version. I've got a question into gotomypc.com > > to see if unattended access is an option for their product (although it's > > not free either). I have no problem telling a client that free isn't > > possible but I did say I'd check first. GotoMyPC's pricing isn't bad for > > the single user if she can use it in unattended access mode: > > https://get.gotomypc.com/plansandpricing > > > > Other suggestions based on your experience? > > > > Found this too, reviewing alternatives to LMI: > > https://www.pcworld.com/article/2091801/5-alternatives-to-logmein-free-for-remote-pc-access.html > > > > tia! > > --Mike > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
