Tunnel your VNC connection over SSH. VNC security is really not, and is usually set up so you drop straight to a desktop rather than a username/password dialog. The VNC password itself can be brute-forced and there's no lockout ability (last I checked). Terminal services can be (and is by default) susceptible to the same; how many of your clients have set remote account lock-out on Administrator? How many have truly secure Administrator passwords? (It's wise to change the Administrator account name and create a dummy account named Administrator, btw. I also do this for Guest.) TS can be tunneled over SSH as well. If you can, filter traffic on 5900/3389 to prevent brute-force attacks, if an SSH tunnel isn't a viable option. John -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Raymond Norton Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 7:15 PM To: TCLUG Mailing List Subject: Re: [TCLUG] something like gotomypc >> so you are trusting a third party with remote access to your computers? > > Even if you trust the people at gotomypc, how long will it be before > their system is hacked or someone figures out how to spoof the clients. Well......, the reason for the post is so I can do it without a 3rd party. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list