If you're building something into VNC, why would you use SSH, instead of SSL/TLS? SSH has all this extra stuff, where ssl just does encryption/authentication.

Jordan

At 04:33 AM 2/13/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think it SHOULD be implemented.  Most of the arguments against
implementing something like this, usually come from SysAdmins or Unix
users, who already have this, and are familiar with setting it up.  Windows
users, and non system admins, are unlikely to even know what SSH is, or
where to get it from, let alone setting it up.  Personally the UltraVNC
stream plugin is looking like a good candidate for getting a SSH plugin....



>I am in no way affiliated to *vnc, but I would simply say "no". Think
>about it: there is no advantage in having the ssh encryption inside
>vnc. You can reach the same goal with vnc AND ssh, and there is no
>lack of (free, open source) ssh clients/servers for any given
>platform. AND you get remote command-line, file transfer and port
>forward capabilities, even for windows. Also, I would strongly prefer
>a "classic" ssh (like ssh.com or openssh.com) over some one-month
>old piece of software.

>Tuesday, February 11, 2003, 18:31:13, you wrote:

KAH> Just a general question: Are there plans for ssh encryption built into
the VNC
KAH> application in any future versions?
KAH> One experimental version of VNC, known as ZVNC, does this for Windows.
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