> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Meador [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > * Seak, Teng-Fong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-23 08:44]:
> >> And of course an obvious question: is there any port filter on the
> >> cisco router? Or in other words, is at least the port 5900 is
> >> allowed?
> >>
> > Well, when I started this, I *thought* it was...now I'm not sure. I'll
> > be checking into it later.
>
> OK, I've done some more work on this. It seems that my IT guy actually
> did what I asked him to for once. Before, he'd left a range of high
> ports open, including 5900. A while back I was giving him a little
> grief about how that was not cool, it would be too easy to hack our
> systems and he should tighten things up at that Cisco router. So, he
> did - he closed ALL ports to the workstations except 5631, the default
Closing all! What a drastic measure!
> for pcAnywhere. I've confirmed this with both nmap and telnet. He
> never said anything to me, so I didn't realize he actually did it. I
Ah ha ha :-D Well, I understand completely your frustration, because I very
often come across the same situation: my workmates have done something and they never
don't *care* to tell anybody else about it. Not even one person! What a
communication!
> thought I could still use the default VNC port setup, but things are
> nicely tightened up now except - the crazy guy left Telnet access to
> the router open - AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!! I just can't make him understand
> that telnet is a Very Bad Thing...
>
> Anyway, this newly restricted access is a Very Good Thing. But it might
> present a problem for me trying to use VNC. I think I can I can
> reconfigure the VNC server to use port 5631 easily enough, but I wonder
> if that might cause any problems with pcAnywhere. I still can't trash
> pcAnywhere for several reasons. I'll still need it occasionally, like
> for file transfers (my understanding is VNC lacks this) and for
> connecting to other workstations than mine.
>
> While I'm at it, one other quick question. Does VNC allow remote
> printing from host to remote?
Nope :(
Of course, unless you've got some kind of IP printing to your remote machine.
> Thanks!
It's a pleasure :-)
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