On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote:
> I use VNC over OpenVPN tunnel. I've always meant to get around to trying out OpenVPN. It's easy enough for me to set up PuTTY and VNC and get it working, but it's not something to hand to a civilian. A VPN (Virtual Private Network) means that your machine effectively is attached to the remote network as if it was physically plugged in. There are some real security implications: a firewall set up as a perimeter defense doesn't work for the remote LAN, and your own machine needs to be protected from whatever is roaming around the client's LAN. (I had a client a few years ago who experimented with some extremely dangerous technologies; occasionally something would get loose on their LAN. I declined their invitation to set up a VPN connection ;) That can be a problem with clients "dialing-in" (who has a dial, any more?) from home: their machine at home is now plugged into the office LAN. The home PC is often shared among the family, and the chances that it's well maintained and free of malware is a real concern. The disadvantage is an advantage, too: if you're using the Windows LAN Manager protocols, you can search out their file servers and printer and access the local resources you need in-house. Ideally, I'm looking for a secure tunnel, then a screen-scraping program from there. Is anyone using Remote Desktop or whatever they call RDP in this version? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
