There are a few similar sites. I have a feeling they're using the
NetMeeting ActiveX control or a variant thereof - apparently it's
customizable via the NetMeeting SDK. I personally have problems with using
a proxy to make these connections (ie, they can log connections, what do
they do with that info? The physical route between machines effectively can
be double what it needs to be if you're directly connected, depending on
where the control and the client are. Also you're at the mercy of the
uptime of their server, just to name a few.)
Anyway, just my $.02.
Glenn
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Hanchrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:50 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
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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