Re: [TCLUG:22070] Back Orifice vs VNC

["Kelly Black" <blackk100@hotmail.com>]

I push F8 and get a nice pop up with options.

Kelly Black


>From: barnabas@knicknack.net
>Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22070] Back Orifice vs VNC
>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:21:01 -0500
>
>On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 04:58:40PM -0500, Adam Maloney wrote:
> > Of course the unix client doesn't have a way to send a CTRL-ALT-DEL, so
> > every time my Windows workstation meets it's maker I have to switch the
> > keyboard over and finger it manually.
> >
>
>Under X, I just hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and it works just fine.  This all
>assumes that the Winders machine is still able to talk to the rest of
>the world.
>
> > If you're considering using BO, don't.  Remember why it was released, 
>and
> > who released it.  It may be 100% clean, but I wouldn't trust CDC to not
> > have put something nasty in it.
> >
> > VNC is only good over a local network, I use it over DSL only in a 
>pinch.
> > PCAnywhere is much better suited to slower lines, it has better
> > compression and optimization for low-speed.  Also, the windows server is
> > terribly inefficient because they don't have access to all the API's.  
>The
> > unix server is much faster, so if you can you should run the server on
> > unix and VNC in from the windows machine.  It's unseeming, but faster.
> >
>
>I actually have reasonably good response using VNC over compressed
>SSH.  Using my 144 k IDSL connection, a full 1024x768 screen with
>minimal colors paints in probably 2-3 seconds.
>
>Someone else asked about instructions.  From home, I just ssh (-C)
>into my Linux box at work.  Then running vncviewer from that box to a
>Winders box on the network sends the output to my display at home due
>to ssh's built in X redirection.
>
>There is also a way to use ssh's port redirection to do the same
>thing.  I believe it is documented in the FAQ on VNC's web site,
>http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc.
>
> > Adam Maloney
> > Systems Administrator
> > Sihope Communications
> >
>
>Eric
>
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