And while it's a little Off-Topic, PCAnywhere works well with SSH, too. The setup is a little odd, but it does work. You need to add a registry key to the PCAW client to make it not require the UDP poll to complete before it connects to the remote. HKLM\Software\Symantec\pcANYWHERE\CurrentVersion\System TCPIPConnectIfUnknown=1 (DWORD) The beauty of VNC or PCAW with SSH is the public key authentication. Until someone finds a way to break RSA or DSA, it is very difficult for an intruder to get to your remote control server without having the machine that your private key is stored on. That adds a nice layer of protection in addition to the password mechanism used by the server. --D Duane Waddle [EMAIL PROTECTED] "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine..." -- RFC1925 "Matt Keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@uk.research.att.com on 06/26/2001 08:20:11 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: RE: Yes, PC Anywhere is similar. However, security risks still remain, and I would not use it on a public machine unless absolutely necessary. I use PC Anywhere all the time though at work, and VNC at home. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Giles Roadnight Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 8:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Thanks for replying people, also sorry for not giving my original message a Subject, only realised after I had sent it. Although I think that VNC is a really good little application I think I may go with PC anywhere as I do not know very much about security and so on so I would not want to have to set up VNC and worry about SSH and so on. I assume that as PC Anywhere is sold by a big company to the masses it will be easy to set up. I would also nee file transfer and I think PC anywhere has this but VNC does not. Is PC anywhere the same format i.e. you can see the remote desktop and do anything you like? Thanks again Giles Roadnight Web Master Gold Cockerel Books www.goldcockerelbooks.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Pifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 1:47 PM Subject: Re: > Mark, I agree with you for the most part. VNC is great and much less > intrusive. Just wish it had file transfer capabilities. I seem to always > need that at one time or another. > > Also wish you had some different options for setting up security, instead of > setting it locally on each install. I realize this is because it's not > platform specific, so it's an acceptable issue. > > It's great to be able to just send the vncviewer executable to someone so > they can remote control without installing anything. (Or their browser of > course) > > Sorry if I got off the original subject here.... > James > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Debenham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 7:59 AM > Subject: RE: > > > > Vnc is (in my opinion) much better than pc anywhere, and far less > intrusive > > on a network where employees need as much available monitor space as > > possible. > > You should add a rule on your firewall which filters all connecting IP > > numbers (IP chains will do it)other than yours or your local LAN, you can > > also specify which IP's top allow to connect (or not) in the ORL reg key, > > Mark > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Giles Roadnight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 25 June 2001 14:07 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: > > > > > > Hi > > > > I am interested in VNC as I am going to be setting up a Co-located server. > > Is VNC suitable for this? What about firewalls and security and stuff. > Would > > I be better off with PC-Anywhere? > > > > Thanks for your help > > > > Giles Roadnight > > Web Master Gold Cockerel Books > > www.goldcockerelbooks.co.uk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also: > > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list > > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
