Re: vnc server

[Philippe De Ryck <philippe.de.ryck () skynet be>]

Jared,

Maybe not a VNC-solution, but based on the open ports I'm guessing
you're running some kind of server version of Windows. Since Windows
2000 there is Remote Desktop included, which works in a VNC-kind of way.
The difference is however with RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) you have a
total separate login (you don't just take over the current screen). As
far as I know, RDP is quite secure and I think it's fast too. I use it
and I can not complain about it.

There even is a linux-client available (just as for VNC) that works just
fine (I have some trouble with the keymaps, but that's because I have a
Dutch Windows which is crap :)).

If you use VNC from Windows -> Windows, you might want to take a look at
ultraVNC (on sourceforge). UltraVNC supports windows-authentication
(which requires the UltraVNC-client if I'm not mistaken). UltraVNC also
supports normal password authentication, which can be used with any
VNC-client.

Good luck

Philippe De Ryck

On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 21:08 -0600, Jared Lyvers wrote:
> First off, sorry Simon.  I ment to send this to the list but sent it to
> only you instead.
>
> Now, on to my real question.
>
> I'm looking to use VNC on my windows machine for remote logins.  Currently
> I only have the following open ports:
>
> 25/tcp   open   smtp
> 80/tcp   open   http
> 113/tcp  closed auth
> 1352/tcp open   lotusnotes
> 5902/tcp open   vnc-2
> 5903/tcp open   vnc-3
> 8080/tcp open   http-proxy
>
> Are there any security problems that I may be over looking by using VNC on
> my machine?
>
> Regards,
>
> JL


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