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RE: pc anywhere is safe?
From: "Garbrecht, Frederick" <FGarbrecht () ecogchair org>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:41:50 -0500
This topic seems to come up alot; check out the archives for a number of discussions regarding the security of remote access tools. In general, VNC can be used relatively safely if run through an encrypted tunnel such as SSH. Default encryption on PC Anywhere is not considered robust and should not be used. I can't comment on Terminal Services except to say that discussions I've seen here in the past suggest that TS is not secure enough to be used through a firewall into your internal LAN. Tunnelled VNC works, but always seemed slow to me; I only use it for internal remote control sessions, never through a firewall. I've used Remotely Anywhere with success; it is a little different from the other solutions that require both server and client components. RA only sets up a server session which you attach to through a browser over an https connection. It supports a number of methods of authentication and allows ip address restriction. I've looked in the past for published exploits of RA and have never seen any. Fred -----Original Message----- From: SB CH [mailto:chulmin2 () hotmail com] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:47 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: pc anywhere is safe? Hello, all 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. and Terminal Service is best safe. and how about 'pc anywhere'? Thanks in advance. _________________________________________________________________ 보다 빠르고 보기 편한 뉴스. 오늘의 화제는 MSN 뉴스에서 확인하세요. http://www.msn.co.kr/news/
Current thread:
- pc anywhere is safe? SB CH (Nov 09)
- RE: pc anywhere is safe? Martin K. Lee (Nov 06)
- AW: pc anywhere is safe? Robert Sieber (Nov 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: pc anywhere is safe? Garbrecht, Frederick (Nov 11)
- Re: pc anywhere is safe? Chris Berry (Nov 12)
- Re: pc anywhere is safe? Michael H. Warfield (Nov 14)