----- Original Message ----- From: "W. Curtiss Priest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 6:17 PM Subject: Re: Firewall (?) problem
> Dear Heather, [snip] > There are two levels of protection: > > 1. Permit any port 5900 communications > 2. Permit ONLY port 5900 communications to a specific > application (in this case the VNC client). > > You ought to be able to work this out with your administrator. > The second level of protection is so stringent that no reasonable > person could argue this was an intrusion risk. > > Regards, > > Curtiss > Technically correct, but the first question most IS people would ask is "Why do you need to control your home machine? Don't we have all the software you need?" Where no technical problem, it may very well be a political one. -- William Hooper Hey, this isn't my tagline ! Who put it here ? _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
