RE: VNC
- From: "Jason Merrique" <j.merrique@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 15:01:33 +0100
Hi Luboš,
I'd recommend against VNC. For reasons already discussed, but especially
because terminal services is much more efficient. Less processor intensive,
less banwidth....
Cheers.
Jason
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Pochedley [mailto:joepochedley@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 April 2004 14:22
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> Subject: [isalist] RE: VNC
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> I'm not sure about VNC's options, but with TS you can specify
> which interface(s) TS will bind to... Therefore you can
> specify TS only listens on the internal interface, which is
> one less item to worry about if you don't want/need remote
> management from outside... (Yes yes, I know that ISA would
> block the incoming requests unless they were allowed, but as
> we all should know, reducing the surface of attack is always
> the best course of action "just in case.")
>
> Generally, the RDP (TS's) protocol is more efficient than VNC
> and has less problems with screen refresh issues (try to
> browse a couple web pages with IE over a VNC connection and
> you'll quickly understand what I mean).
>
> I do know many people who run VNC on externally accessible
> clients... It's highly recommend that VNC be run with SSH
> encryption in these situations...
>
> Joe Pochedley
> Weiler's Law - Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't
> have to do it himself.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luboš Kovár [mailto:lkova@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 4:41 AM
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> Subject: [isalist] VNC
>
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> Helo,
>
> is it secure to use Real VNC (http://www.realvnc.com/)
> instead of Terminal Service, for remote desktop management on
> ISA Server 2000 on Windows2000 Server? What configuration is
> more secure? Which software for remote desktop management do
> you recommend?
> Thanks
>
> L. Kovar
> Hydroprojekt CZ a.s.
> Czech Republic
>
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