VNC and VPN - Page 3

Daz · 15-06-2007, 13:40

Have you set up VNC at home and forwarded a port to it yet? Make sure the service is up and reachable before finding your way to it

Matblack · 15-06-2007, 13:42

I just tried one of those online things which are supposed to spot open ports, it seems to think nothing is open at all

MB

Daz · 15-06-2007, 13:44

You're not trying to get back into work though, you want to get home. What a port scanner can find from the web, and what you can actually get out on are very very different. The fact you can browse the web is proof to that - outbound port 80, not inbound.

Davey_Pitch · 15-06-2007, 13:58

When I want to just kick something off quickly, I use www.logmein.com. It's not ideal, but it's certainly enough to do what I need it to do

Mark · 15-06-2007, 14:05

Yeah, I've had a look at that. Seems like it might work quite well. Think it still uses odd ports though.

Matt, as Daz said pretty much, a port scanner will not help you - mainly because you're probably behind NAT at work, so all a port scanner would see there is the router/firewall. You could of course use a port scanner to tell you if the VPN connection at home is accepting connections.

Admiral Huddy · 15-06-2007, 15:59

I've been playing around with TightVNC which seems to do the job nicely. However, the reason i've been playing around with this is to offer remote access to possible clients PCs and I'm wondering how this could be done at the simpliest method at the clints end, remembering they know nothing and I may have to walk them through.

Daz · 15-06-2007, 16:02

Your main problem will be security Huddy. Exposing your own machines to the web is your own choice, but exposing someone elses? Different ball game.

VNC is not a secure or encrypted protocol.

If you wanted to do it properly then you'd have to convince them to buy some hardware that supports you dialing into their network.

Admiral Huddy · 15-06-2007, 16:21

How does XP remote access differ?

Daz · 15-06-2007, 16:48

Security wise it doesn't by default, though it can be secured with certificates if you have the infrastructure.

In a small business/SME scenario, you secure any non-local traffic through a VPN tunnel.

Admiral Huddy · 15-06-2007, 16:51

You're like a bloody encyclopaedia!!

So VPN is the best route?

15-06-2007, 13:40	#21
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15-06-2007, 13:42	#22
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	I just tried one of those online things which are supposed to spot open ports, it seems to think nothing is open at all MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

15-06-2007, 13:44	#23
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	You're not trying to get back into work though, you want to get home. What a port scanner can find from the web, and what you can actually get out on are very very different. The fact you can browse the web is proof to that - outbound port 80, not inbound. __________________ apt-get moo

15-06-2007, 13:58	#24
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15-06-2007, 15:59	#26
Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	I've been playing around with TightVNC which seems to do the job nicely. However, the reason i've been playing around with this is to offer remote access to possible clients PCs and I'm wondering how this could be done at the simpliest method at the clints end, remembering they know nothing and I may have to walk them through. __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log

15-06-2007, 14:05	#25
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Yeah, I've had a look at that. Seems like it might work quite well. Think it still uses odd ports though. Matt, as Daz said pretty much, a port scanner will not help you - mainly because you're probably behind NAT at work, so all a port scanner would see there is the router/firewall. You could of course use a port scanner to tell you if the VPN connection at home is accepting connections.

15-06-2007, 16:02	#27
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Your main problem will be security Huddy. Exposing your own machines to the web is your own choice, but exposing someone elses? Different ball game. VNC is not a secure or encrypted protocol. If you wanted to do it properly then you'd have to convince them to buy some hardware that supports you dialing into their network. __________________ apt-get moo

15-06-2007, 16:21	#28
Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	How does XP remote access differ? __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log

15-06-2007, 16:48	#29
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Security wise it doesn't by default, though it can be secured with certificates if you have the infrastructure. In a small business/SME scenario, you secure any non-local traffic through a VPN tunnel. __________________ apt-get moo

15-06-2007, 16:51	#30
Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	You're like a bloody encyclopaedia!! So VPN is the best route? __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log