Q: I have downloaded and installed VNC Manager Smart Code yesterday and I must say it is very cool. You can group servers (File Server Group, Exchange Server Group, etc.) and you can add servers to a thumbnail. This is very cool, but somewhat burdensome for the system resources (emergency network bandwidth and RAM). It is version 1.0, so it is bound to a number of strollers, but I love what Ive seen so far. The only real drawback is that it is not freeware. You can try free 14 days, its 35.00. Yet I have no other programs with this possibility in view, so for me it is worth the money, in order to keep an eye on a lot of servers at once.
Re:VNC on a server? How would that even work? Oh wait, servers with guis actually exist…. ew
Re:I've tried TightVNC, didn't see a huge difference between that and RealVNC.
As for a VNC manager, I've been using VNC Admin Console by http://www.mast-computer.de/
It does it's job… probably not as powerful as SmartCode… btw, do you have a link to that program guy?
Re:Of the various VNC programs out there, which would you recommend? I've used the original ATT one up until now. Didn't see great reviews of TridiaVNC. RealVNC is being staffed by the original developers. TightVNC has gotten great reviews… gonna try that for now.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Warning about VNC….there was a release a few days back about VNC and how new viruses will come in and install VNC on host systems to provide hackers with access to your system. If you are going to run VNC, BLOCK 5800 and 5900 and run it on a non-standard VNC port. It would help if you totally disabled those ports from working inbound and out.
This has been a public service announcement from guy.
should we be concerned about another program : syngergy that does a similar thing?
Re:Originally posted by: guy
why not realvnc for free?
Well, this is really more of a VNC manager, than an implementation of VNC itself. I have used the original VNC, and also Tridia VNC and most recently Tight VNC. However, none of these "viewers" have the capability to look at thumbnail images of multiple VNC sessions at once, as this program does. That is what makes it unique, and valuable, to an enterprise admin. I do have to say that this thing is a memory hog. If you run it on a system, make sure you have 512MB RAM.
Re:why not realvnc for free?
Re:Thanks for the info. I would imagine that they'd have to get past the firewall for this to work, as I'm sure those ports are not open at that level. For those of us who are local or VPN'd in, those ports are accessable, so I'm not so sure that it poses a great risk, unless perhaps they can redirect over another port, like 80, etc.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Warning about VNC….there was a release a few days back about VNC and how new viruses will come in and install VNC on host systems to provide hackers with access to your system. If you are going to run VNC, BLOCK 5800 and 5900 and run it on a non-standard VNC port. It would help if you totally disabled those ports from working inbound and out.
This has been a public service announcement from guy.
better yet, tunnel it through ssh
Re:Warning about VNC….there was a release a few days back about VNC and how new viruses will come in and install VNC on host systems to provide hackers with access to your system. If you are going to run VNC, BLOCK 5800 and 5900 and run it on a non-standard VNC port. It would help if you totally disabled those ports from working inbound and out.
This has been a public service announcement from guy.
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