good remote access prog.?

bruceModn · Rated NC-17 Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 155 Location: texas

looking for a reliable and secure (and free?)remote access program. id like to access my pc at home from work Grin

BeerCheeze · Posted: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:26:47 Post Subject:

http://www.realvnc.com/

**JimBowy** · Moderator Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 1627

hope work doesnt have a firewall
but i do like Windows Remote Desktop (just not sure on its SECURITY lol...)

btw, love your sig... i have hax0red your encryption! muahhaaaa

bruceModn · Rated NC-17 Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 155 Location: texas

ty cheeze and jim.

i was loking for a new avatar and ran into this. thought you;d like it

bruceModn · Rated NC-17 Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 155 Location: texas

well i put myself outside of the firewall so i could access my comp, in 3 minutes i received 4 viruses Mad

So the idea of remote access is now a scrub.

T-shirt · Posted: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:58:23 Post Subject:

You don't want to be outside the firewall!( AS you found out) this needs to be setup as a secure VPN.
I've heard pretty good things about [url]http://www.realvnc.com/), but have never used it.
Leaving ANY open connection, on any computer has it's risks, but a hard firewall that does SPI, and VPN passthrough would probably work on your home end, what your works IT guys will allow is another question.[/url]

bruceModn · Rated NC-17 Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 155 Location: texas

**JimBowy** · Moderator Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 1627

or just forward the remote desktop port (3889 or 3884... gotta check) i think it is to your computer's local IP address and you should be able to communicate to your computer remotely!

soot · Rated PG Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 1

i use tightvnc, you can usually use a web version (port 5800 usually) or use your client to the IP (think its 5800/5900) you can usually change the port then just forward it Wink