Re: [TCLUG:22070] Back Orifice vs VNC

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

Err.... make that ALT-F8

>From: "Kelly Black" <blackk100@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
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>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22070] Back Orifice vs VNC
>Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 11:23:46 CDT
>
>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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