[WEB4LIB] Re: SMS and push technology

[Raymond Wood]

> > 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. 

On 29 Nov 2001, at 14:30, Jodi Thomson wrote:
> 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

Further to this question of security:
I have not researched the details, but I have seen it said by various 
sources I am inclined to trust that if one wishes to increase VNC's 
security beyond a default level, then it is best to tunnel the VNC 
connnection through an SSH tunnel.  SSH appears to be a very 
interesting technology for encrypting network traffic of different 
kinds.

Cheers,
Raymond
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