RE: Remote access solution

2003-02-27 Thread Fields, James
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Remote access solution >From: "Mike Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >One thing to keep in mind when using VNC is that even though the inital >authentication may be secure, anything you t

Re: Remote access solution

2003-02-26 Thread Chris Berry
From: Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As well, you can limit who can connect to the system by allowing only certain IP's to connect. Hey, that's cool, how do you do that? Chris Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator JM Associates "Linux and I have a love/hate relationship. I hate its comp

Re: Remote access solution

2003-02-26 Thread Chris Berry
From: "Mike Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One thing to keep in mind when using VNC is that even though the inital authentication may be secure, anything you type while controlling the computer is sent in plain text. So, if you were to connect to a windows machine, for example, then login to or un

RE: Remote access solution

2003-02-26 Thread James Butcher
] Subject: Re: Remote access solution >From: "Nuzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Maybe I'm just not current on VNC, but the last version I saw had no way to >secure who can access the host. It was a simple connect to IP without any >authentication. Would you want anyone on the

RE: Remote access solution

2003-02-26 Thread Michael Whang
ing a product stinks with no explanation doesn't have any merit. As Chris suggested, VNC through a VPN or SSH will satisfy most security worries. -Original Message- From: Chris Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: February 24, 2003 15:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Remote acces

Re: Remote access solution

2003-02-26 Thread Mike Jensen
One thing to keep in mind when using VNC is that even though the inital authentication may be secure, anything you type while controlling the computer is sent in plain text. So, if you were to connect to a windows machine, for example, then login to or unlock the screen on that machine , that

Re: Remote access solution

2003-02-26 Thread Mike Dresser
> >From: "Nuzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Maybe I'm just not current on VNC, but the last version I saw had no way to > >secure who can access the host. It was a simple connect to IP without any > >authentication. Would you want anyone on the wire to be able to connect to > >a > >system running the

Re: Remote access solution

2003-02-25 Thread Chris Berry
From: "Nuzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maybe I'm just not current on VNC, but the last version I saw had no way to secure who can access the host. It was a simple connect to IP without any authentication. Would you want anyone on the wire to be able to connect to a system running the host? That would

Re: Remote access solution

2003-02-25 Thread Chris Berry
From: "Nuzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Stay away from VNC for any but the most casual and temporary remote access circumstances. Why would you recommend that, I was under the impression that while it doesn't have much built in security, running it through ssh and/or a vpn was considered to be quite s

Re: Remote access solution

2003-02-22 Thread Nuzman
l and temporary remote access circumstances. Norris Carden www.rasquel.com - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 11:14 AM Subject: RE: Remote access solution > One product I've heard of is Neoteris, http:/

RE: Remote access solution

2003-02-22 Thread Chris Berry
From: Orlando J. Cano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have recently been assigned to join efforts with our Network group in coming up with a secure remote access solution for our Network. This will involve accessing servers in our DMZ. I was wondering if this securityfocus community could elaborate

RE: Remote access solution

2003-02-22 Thread Michael Parker
egards, Michael -Original Message- From: Orlando J. Cano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Remote access solution I have recently been assigned to join efforts with our Network group in coming up with a secure remote access s

RE: Remote access solution

2003-02-20 Thread sharon_joyner
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Remote access solution I have recently been assigned to join efforts with our Network group in coming up with a secure remote access solution for our Network. This will involve accessing servers in our DMZ. I was wondering if this securityfocus community could elabor

RE: Remote access solution

2003-02-05 Thread Larry Seltzer
>>Yes, but the fact that it's handy (Win remote desktop) doesn't change the fact that you have to expose lots of nasty, easy to exploit ports in ways that aren't trivial to fix (ACL's work, but if we're looking for BASIC, hardly an easy solution). Just one port, TCP 3389. LJS

RE: Remote access solution

2003-02-03 Thread Robert Hoff
to point him. Exposes 1 port, well known and reviewed code, easy updates. Unlike the Microsoft solution. My opinion only. Original Message: - From: Trevor Cushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:28:26 - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Remote

RE: Remote access solution

2003-01-31 Thread Chris Berry
From: "Daniel R. Miessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For command line administration of *nix machines you should use SSH. openssh has a port for windows too, VNC has it's uses, but I'd only recommend it for in house stuff. Chris Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator JM Associates "For Sys Ad

RE: Remote access solution

2003-01-31 Thread Danny
iginal Message- From: Orlando J. Cano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Remote access solution I have recently been assigned to join efforts with our Network group in coming up with a secure remote access solution for our N

Remote access solution

2003-01-30 Thread Orlando J. Cano
I have recently been assigned to join efforts with our Network group in coming up with a secure remote access solution for our Network. This will involve accessing servers in our DMZ. I was wondering if this securityfocus community could elaborate on how secure VNC, Freevision or Terminal