Re: pc anywhere is safe?

["Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>]

> From: "SB CH" <chulmin2 () hotmail com>
> I use VNC, PC ANYWHERE and Terminal Service to remote control.
> I would like to which tool is the most safeful?
> As I know that the VNC is not safe as it transfers the ID/PW into plain 
> text.

VNC is fine if you pipe it through an ssh link

> and Terminal Service is best safe.

Terminal Services has some problems, but if you set it up according to best 
practices and keep your patches up to date it shouldn't be too bad as long 
as you only use it internally.

> and how about 'pc anywhere'?

If you configure it to use the PKI then its not too terrible, although only 
the initial part will be public key, the rest is transmitted symmetric.

Basically the key to any of these is understanding and using them properly.

Chris Berry
compjma () hotmail com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

"And here in our server room you can see our Beowolf Cluster of C64's that 
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