Re: Remote Administration on W2K

From: Brian McClory (security_resources@hotmail.com)
Date: 07/27/01 

From: "Brian McClory" <security_resources@hotmail.com>
To: <SECURITY-BASICS@securityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: Remote Administration on W2K
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:18:39 -0700
Message-ID: <OE31VY60mJWEsBk31TZ00004234@hotmail.com>

I would look into VNC by AT&T Labs. It seems to be very light weight, and
most importantly has completely customizable ports, very important if you
will be accessing through a firewall, and also adds a little security
through obscurity. Also, VNC is open source under the typical GNU License
and all the source is provided.

Terminal services is something I strongly discourage. It causes unnecessary
load on the server. I have never been a fan of PCAnywhere.

VNC: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/

Brian P. McClory MCT, CCI, MCSE, MCP+I, CCA, ETC...

"I'm not an actor, I just play one on TV."

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Ryan McDonnell wrote:

> I wanted to get an idea of what full-system remote administration programs
> people recommend for internet servers. Mainly I've found most use
> PCAnywhere or Terminal Services... curious as to which poses less of a
> security risk, quicker speed, server resources used, etc.
>
> TIA,
>
> Ryan McDonnnell

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