[WEB4LIB] Re: SMS and push technology

Jodi Thomson jodi at waikato.ac.nz
Thu Nov 29 17:28:46 EST 2001


> 
> I do agree that desktop sharing raises security concerns, but 
> I don't really
> see what would make VNC "a great deal more secure" than 
> Netmeeting. 

Where the difference in security lies is that Netmeeting already has a
number of exploits out there that can be utilised by 'script kiddies'.
Whereas VNC has not been targeted in such a manner and therefore is not so
susceptible to random attacks.
Perhaps my choice of words was wrong in that respect

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