Re: Is VNC safe for remote control?
From: Andy Cowley (andrew.cowley_at_wmcs.coop)
Date: 10/31/03
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:27:33 -0000
No its not safe, and performancewise its poor. My advice would be Symantec
PC Anywhere. You can set access to specific passworded callers etc. Still
not absolutely secure but significantly better than VNC in every respect.
ANDY
On 30 Oct 2003 22:04:19 -0800, walala <mizhael@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I used RADMIN and got some "Nachi" virus warning and was checked by
> our security personnel...(please see my previous post for details)
>
> I cannot help thinking about using VNC instead of RADMIN.
>
> I know there is no remote control program that is absolutely safe...
> but is that true that VNC is at least safer than RADMIN?
>
> And how to make it very safe? By downloading patches? Using SSH? But I
> guess SSH cannot avoid the server being intruded and scanned, since
> the port is always listening, right?
>
> Can anybody tell me how to do that, because I realy don't want to
> bother our security person always come to ask to check my PC and
> unhook me from the Internet...
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> -Wlalal
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