The short answer is NO On Dec 15, 2009, at 08:23 AM, Robin Hill wrote: > On Thu Dec 10, 2009 at 05:01:44PM -0600, Peter Bunn wrote: > >> I'm wondering if the RealVNC Personal Edition would be a better solution >> for me, and I have a few questions... >> >> Is it as secure as the VNC over SSH tunnel method in all respects? >> > That depends really on what encryption they're using - this doesn't seem > to be documented anywhere though. I doubt it'll have quite the same > level of rigorous testing as openssh has been through though (unless > they're using openssl under the hood anyway). That's unlikely to make > any difference for this sort of usage though. > >> Can the VNC service be run on a non-standard port (if desired) using the >> 'native' (XP SP3) Windows Firewall? >> >> Would it be possible to run Personal Edition 'side by side' with the free >> version (on the same target machine) to provide a backup method? >> > You'd be best addressing these to the RealVNC support/sales emails. I > don't see why you shouldn't be able to run it on a non-standard port > though. Running it side-by-side is likely to be problematic though. > >> I'm still on a dialup connection (with no hope of getting broadband >> anytime soon) and the VNC/SSH combination I'd been using, while slow, was >> 'survivable'... and a good bit faster than the web access service I had >> as backup. >> >> With the added encryption overhead, will the Personal Edition of RealVNC >> likely be noticeably slower than the free version? >> > Shouldn't be - you're trading the ssh encryption overhead for the > RealVNC encryption overhead. > > The alternative is to stick with ssh - you should be able to run openssh > server with cygwin, or freeSSHd (www.freesshd.com) is a more > user-friendly server. > > Cheers, > Robin > -- > ___ > ( ' } | Robin Hill <ro...@robinhill.me.uk> | > / / ) | Little Jim says .... | > // !! | "He fallen in de water !!" | > > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
Dale Eshelman eshelm...@gmail.com MonaVie (Distr ID 1316953) http://www.monavie.com/Web/US/en/product_overview.dhtml The closer I get to the pain of glass in Windoz, the farther I can see and I see a Mac on the horizon. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
