Disclaimer: I work for Expertcity, the company that makes GoToMyPC, so you might want to ignore this mail.
Hello, I don't think I understand your concern about not using GoToMyPC for remote administration. We ourselves use this product to manage a large number of our machines internally. I agree that you are worried about access information being available to others, but is that not the case with any other remote access product as well? IMHO gotomypc has one of the best encryption and security schemes of the lot, access control itself is double password protected. I urge you to discuss your concerns offline with us before making a choice. Regards, Ansh Kanwar Unix SysAdmin Expertcity Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Johan De Meersman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 1:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PCanywhere: security of it and operation over DSL/cable modems If I understand correctly, the workstation that needs to be accessed is in an internal network. Hmm... You could probably forward ports through your firewall, but I'm no wizard on that. Another solution is to use VNC, by ssh-ing into your internal network, somewhere on a *nix box, and then x-forwarding the *nix version of VNC that connects to the windows VNC host. This solution requires that the remote controller isn't behind a NAT, too, though. Another option is to use a web-based (java-applet) VNC client on a webserver that has access to the internal net, but that's less secure again. Google for VNC, it's some or other open license, it's got loads of platforms, and I believe there are even a few secure implementations out there. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We have a workstation at the office that needs to allow a user remote > access for running software on the workstation. I don't think a VPN > will work because the user MUST run the software on this machine, as > if he was seated at it. I'm looking at gotomypc.com and pcanywhere. > I don't feel comfortable using gotomypc.com as this is proprietary > company information and I don't trust someone else having the access > information for the workstation that has the info on it. > > My questions are as follows: > 1. Has anyone got experience with the security of PCanywhere running > over a DSL/cable modem connection? What should I watch out for? From > what I understand, I can use HTTPS as one of the options for the > connection. Anyone know the encryption level? Are all parts of the > transactions secured with encryption? > 2. How does the software work if it's over a broadband connection? > My internal IPs aren't valid for routing. How does the software know > a connection is being initiated? > 3. Any better solutions come to mind? I'd rather have a PITA setup > that's secure than a simple one that's not. > 4. What security measures should I implement on the users PC to make > sure that it's secure as well? I won't have physical access to it but > for the initial setup. > > I'll be interested in seeing if this gets posted at all due to the > recent acquisition of securityfocus by Symantec. Can't bite the hand > that feeds you, I guess. > > Many thanks for any help. Long time reader (well, several months at > least), first time poster.
