Re: Remote Viewing Over Home Network

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John Gregory wrote:
>I have three machines with different versions Windows (95, 98SE, and XP HE)
>all behind a hub, a switch, and a firewall. A few programs on my 98SE won't
>run on my XP. That means a trip down three floor levels (short levels of
>6 -8 steps but I'm gettin' old).
>
> I ran across a piece of software that looks like it may be the answer I
> need: http://www.realvnc.com/index.html. I am concerned about downloading
> something from the net and later finding that it has tentacles that
> stretch beyond my little home network and now feed data outside my system.
>
> Q1) Will this particular product allow my XP to use programs on my 98SE as
> though I were sitting at the 98SE?
>
> Q2) Is there an increased security risk if this software were installed
> and used?

First - the best "flavor" of VNC seems to be UltraVNC..
http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

You can remote into your Windows 98SE system using this - and the people
sitting in front of the system will get to watch you control it completely.
What you see, they see. Anything that allows remote access to your systems
is a security risk - but UltraVNC does have plugins available to make it
more secure.. But if this is a home network and all the machines in question
are on a private NAT network - likely unnecessary plugins.

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