Eric Johnson writes:
> Our outside network expert thinks that Microsoft's PPTP is
> extraordinarily insecure. Yet, he uses VNC extensively to monitor
> systems. I found out today that he has installed it on at least one
> of our computers.
He uses VNC across the INternet or in the corporate network?
If he uses it across the Internet is he encrypting it?
> I tried VNC a couple of years ago and concluded that it did not
> seem secure enough to use and so I haven't done anything with it
> since then.
VNC isn't about security it's about remote server
monitoring... similar to PC Anywhere.
> I'm not saying that PPTP is safe, but that the vulnerabilities are
> fairly limited as far as I can tell and that to me, it certainly appears
> safer (and more useful) than VNC.
More useful for what? PPTP has nothing in common with VNC, except
perhaps that they both use TCP/IP
> Does anyone know the relative safety of VNC and PPTP? Or is
> there any way to adequately compare them?
PPTP has had very bad reviews from very good cryptanalysts.
VNC is a good Remote Administration tool that has nothing to do with
encryption.
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