I have looked at 'gotomypc' pretty extensively and
I am pretty sure that is it not based on VNC at all.
If you use the product, it seems to not exhibit many
of the negative and positive characteristics that
VNC has.
It just plain does not have that VNC feel to it. If
it is, they have hidden it VERY well.
Also, the reason it works through firewalls (I
believe) is that all connections (client and server)
are outgoing to a centralized proxy server.
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From: "Eric Hanchrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 8:50 AM
Subject: Is `gotomypc.com' built upon vnc?
> gotomypc.com offers remote access via the web -- you install some software
> on one machine, and then can access that machine's desktop remotely by
> pointing your web browser at gotomypc.com, and telling it the name of the
> machine you want to connect to. It feels very much like VNC, except they've
> done something very clever: the software that you install on the machine is
> (I'm guessgin) technically a client, not a server, so it works behind
> firewalls. That is, it doesn't use ports whose numbers are less than 1024,
> and thus most firewalls will allow the connection.
>
> Anyway, I'm simply curious: does anyone know if indeed gotomypc is built
> from a modified VNC, or, on the other hand, is it an independent bunch of
> code?
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