Re: Remote Viewing Over Home Network

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>>First - the best "flavor" of VNC seems to be UltraVNC..<<

Can you give me a few particulars supporting this version over the one by
the guys from Cambridge?


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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> Shenan Stanley
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