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VNC Help/Recommendations Jun 29 2006 06:01PM Thor \(Hammer of God\) (thor hammerofgod com) (3 replies) RE: VNC Help/Recommendations Jun 30 2006 03:11PM Greg Milewski (gmilewski fortunefootwear com) (1 replies) Re: VNC Help/Recommendations Jun 30 2006 10:15PM Thor \(Hammer of God\) (thor hammerofgod com) (1 replies) Re: VNC Help/Recommendations Jul 04 2006 10:05PM Dennis Jackson (Dennis Jackson ndirect co uk) (1 replies) |
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> I've been trying to get my "Apple Remote Desktop" access in place, and
> am having some issues. I'd like to get some recommendations from
> others on how you are doing this.
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> Basically, I'd like to run OSX from my XP machine via "apple remote
> desktop" or OSXvnc.
>
> When I set up "apple remote desktop" for access, I can not connect to
> it over 5900. I've allowed it in the firewall, and even turned the
> firewall off to test. When I try to connect either via UltraVNC or
> RealVNC from my XP box, the connection is terminated. A network trace
> of the communications (UltraVNC in this case) shows an "Incompatible
> Version" message.
>
> However, if I set up OSXvnc, (which runs on 5901 since ARD is still
> running) I can connect up via both UltraVNC and RealVNC just fine.
> I'm doing it now from my XP box.
Unless you set a password ARD uses an extended version of the VNC
protocol, whereas OSXvnc doesn't. However, I have experienced some
problems with ARD (session hung after a short period of time when
connecting with a VNC client). I don't believe this issue has been
resolved yet.
> The question is, should I even worry about ARD since I'm successfully
> running OSXvnc? What are the pros and cons? The OSXvnc connection is
> encrypted, and it seems to support multiple simultaneous users.
I'd suggest to stick with OSXvnc for the moment. For security you can
make the server listen on localhost and connect through an SSH tunnel.
Redstone also has a description on their homepage how you could make
OSXvnc somewhat multi-user-ish [1].
> However, it seems a bit "slow." Not in a "sluggish" way, but there
> just seems to be an overall "funk" about it. I'm used to the "snap" of
> RDP for TS/Remote Desktop on MSFT...
Well, it's still VNC, so yes, it ain't as fast as RDP.
> The main thing I'm worried about is security- the connections seem
> encrypted from OSXvnc, but I'm not sure what the implications are of
> allowing remote access like that - I'm assuming it is similar to RDP
> on the Win side of things.
As mentioned above: use SSH tunnels.
[1] http://www.redstonesoftware.com/multidesktop.html
Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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