RE: VNC

From: Danny (Danny@drexel.edu)
Date: 01/31/03

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To: 'tony tony' <tonytorri@yahoo.com>, 'Marty' <marti@videotron.ca>, "'security-basics@securityfocus.com'" <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:26:52 -0500

     
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    Why on earth would you go from an environment *you and your company*
    control, to one in which you have no control over and in essence have
    no was of knowing who/what is looking at your data?

    Danny

    - -----Original Message-----
    From: tony tony [mailto:tonytorri@yahoo.com]
    Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:08 PM
    To: Marty; security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Re: VNC

    We are starting to use gotomypc as a replacement for our checkpoint
    vpn. See
    article:

    http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/columnists/2001/0820kistner.html

    - --- Marty <marti@videotron.ca> wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I remember inquiring last year about VNC as a network remote
    > control solution. Sincere thanks to all those that answered. We
    > stopped the VNC implementation after reading about all the risks
    > related to the product.
    >
    >
    > Our tech people are coming back and charging... again.
    >
    > My question is simple is the latest version of VNC better than the
    > previous ones and should we allow our tech group to use it to take
    > control of our machines (servers and workstations)...
    >
    > ---
    >
    >
    > :-)
    >
    > Merci
    >
    > Marty!
    >
    >

    =====
    Tony Torri CISSP, CISA, CDP, CIA
    Senior IS Security & Risk Manager
    360.906.7893 (Work)
    Northern Telecom LLP

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