Re: VNC Security

From: Andy Bruce - softwareAB (andy_at_softwareab.net)
Date: 04/26/05

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To: Conlan Adams <conlan@midwesteyebanks.org>

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    In all of these scenarios, you do the setup before hand. All of these
    scenarios are easily installed, and configured as a tech, and are as
    simple as 1-3 clicks for a user, no config, because everything (ssh
    keys, vpn preshared keys, etc) are all saved and stored in advance.

    A moment of setup in advance saves you hours of support later.
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    I couldn't agree more. However, in my case I don't have access to these remote users PCs. They don't work for me or any particular company. In the usual case, they call in with a problem out of the blue. Sometimes I can help them without logging in. Sometimes I can't.

    For our internal boxes, I happen to use either the full Cygwin package or at least openssh for the users I work with. Then they just open port 22 (I normally don't want them to keep even that open) and I login and get work done. While I wouldn't call getting an SSH daemon setup on windows *correctly* a "moment" (google "sshd problems windows" for why...) it's well worth the effort. Public/private keys are even better. It's just that in many situations it's not possible to do the setup before hand.

    Regards,

    Andy

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