Re: winvnc w/xp and mult users

2002-01-24 Thread David Rothman
let me amend that. it doesn't work when i load winvnc manually as a limited user. i can connect, from the w2000 machine, but i only see a black screen... - Original Message - From: "David Rothman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursda

winvnc w/xp and mult users

2002-01-24 Thread David Rothman
i'm still not clear why this isn't working for me. i installed xp-home on a machine which i previously used 98 & vnc on. there are 5 users on the xp machine. i installed vnc as the administrator and it 'works' (meaning i can load & see that machine remotely from a w2000 machine). it doesn't l

attaching via IE

2001-07-24 Thread David Rothman
i've drawn a blank and i didn't find the answer in a search... simply, i cannot recall the syntax to connect using vnc via Internet explorer (which i used to be able to do). i have no problems using vncviewer (w2000 machine to w2000 machine), but, my attempts to use IE have failed because i beli

Re: vnc and vpn

2001-05-24 Thread David Rothman
hi...thanks for the reply (i've been away so i'm just catching up)... i'd be interested in the workaround u mentioned. can u provide any links or add'l info? thanks - Original Message - From: "Miroslav Luptak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 6:04

Re: vnc and vpn

2001-05-24 Thread David Rothman
hi...thanks for the reply (i've been away so i'm just catching up)... i'd be interested in the workaround u mentioned. can u provide any links or add'l info? thanks - Original Message - From: "Miroslav Luptak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 6:04

vnc and vpn

2001-05-18 Thread David Rothman
on my home lan i can use vpn to go from my main machine (win 2000 pro) to a win98 machine. on that win98 i can run cisco vpn 2000 client window to attach to a corporate vpn. i'd like to access the vpn remotely by attaching to the win 98 machine via vnc and then run the cisco client. problem is

Re: Proposed solution to file transfer problem.

2001-03-14 Thread David Rothman
how well do u think cut and paste will work for a 1,2 or 10 gb file? why bother continuing with the cut and paste idea when u can simply email smaller files? and for slightly larger than small files, u can (with a utility) split the file and email the pieces. this is surely simpler than uuencod

Re: file xfer

2001-03-14 Thread David Rothman
01 5:20 PM Subject: Re: file xfer > : David Rothman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : my thinking is that since there isn't (at least no one in multiple > : forums or newsgroups has truly answered the question) a simple > : standalone utility to effectuate simple, secure 2 way file &

Re: a ftp server for windows

2001-03-14 Thread David Rothman
as for a-ftp, i'll direct u to: http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/SoftHead_A-FTP_vulnerable _to_DoS_attack.html as well as: http://www.bookcase.com/library/software/msdos.network.undef .html which slams the program w/o any supporting documentation - Original Message - From: "Steven V

Re: a ftp server for windows

2001-03-14 Thread David Rothman
well as with all ftp recs, does anyone have a clue about the security issues with this one? meaning for all the reasons people say 'don't use ftp' why should we use this one? - Original Message - From: "Steven Vallarian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: FTP SOLUTION!

2001-03-14 Thread David Rothman
- Original Message - From: "Mac Reiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:19 PM Subject: Re: FTP SOLUTION! > At 11:04 AM 3/14/01 -0500, you wrote: > >mac, as one who keeps arguing for a solution to the file > >xfer problem, i don't believe net

Re: File Transfer

2001-03-14 Thread David Rothman
sition is so distracting. I get hypnotized waiting for the remote cursor > to catch up with the local one and forget what I am doing. > > > -Original Message- > > From: David Rothman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 11:00 AM > > T

Re: file xfer

2001-03-14 Thread David Rothman
- Original Message - From: "Jonathan Morton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:58 AM Subject: Re: file xfer > >there so many posts on this subject yesterday, this one was > >either lost in the shuffle or most likely ignored. i still > >think

Re: FTP SOLUTION!

2001-03-14 Thread David Rothman
mac, as one who keeps arguing for a solution to the file xfer problem, i don't believe netmeeting offers a decent solution. i believe it is using IRC to do the file xfer and if so it is infinitely easier to just set aol IM or yahoo messenger or even icq. if it doesn't use IRC, then even with the

Re: File Transfer

2001-03-14 Thread David Rothman
well, that's fine for simple text, or i guess if u wanted to use uuencode or even hex...but really that's hardly a robust solution. i mean, sure it can be done, but i'd think it would be easier to just split the file using a simple utility and email the pieces. my question was meant for large fo

file xfer

2001-03-14 Thread David Rothman
there so many posts on this subject yesterday, this one was either lost in the shuffle or most likely ignored. i still think it has merit, so please pardon the reposting. i've edited out most of the verbiage and just left the question. but what about on the fly file xfers? 1. i sometimes hav

Re: FTP Server

2001-03-13 Thread David Rothman
re: your bottom line... > To put it like this, if you can get your users to embrace VNC, and they know > enough about computers to use it, they sure as hell know enough to use an > ftp program, and seriously I've seen FTP servers that are a lot less > complicated to configure than VNC (basically

Re: but exactly which part of ftp is possibly unsafe?

2001-03-13 Thread David Rothman
AIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:28 AM Subject: Re: but exactly which part of ftp is possibly unsafe? > On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:13:54AM -0500, David Rothman wrote: > > > Posed simply, many claim that ftp is 'unsafe', but where is > > the risk? > &

but exactly which part of ftp is possibly unsafe?

2001-03-13 Thread David Rothman
with all this current ftp discussion and my thread on ftp from a few weeks ago, i will bring up this question again: Posed simply, many claim that ftp is 'unsafe', but where is the risk? from what i understand, ftp doesn't have any built in encryption, so to the extent that a file can be interce

windows keyboard shortcuts

2001-03-08 Thread David Rothman
in windows i've never been able to execute the shortcut key of an icon on the remote machine. IOW, if im on the VNC screen i'd like the Ctrl-Alt-whatever to be seen by the remote machine. is there a way to do this? thanks - To

Re: Password problem when nobody logged on

2001-02-22 Thread David Rothman
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Re: Password problem when nobody logged on

2001-02-22 Thread David Rothman
is there a reason people would chose to use a browser instead of the vnc viewer? - Original Message - From: "Philippe Payant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 10:59 AM Subject: Password problem when nobody logged on > I am running W2K and wh

Re: Virgin ?

2001-02-22 Thread David Rothman
- Original Message - From: "ronnie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 10:28 AM Subject: Re: Virgin ? > David and Thomas thanks for your replies. > I am new to networking and the idea of controlling pc's remotely. I can > connect fine between th

Re: Virgin ?

2001-02-22 Thread David Rothman
i originally had trouble getting vnc to connect two pc's over the net - both machines behind rt311 routers. the solution was a small twiddle in zone alarm's settings. fyi, i've never been able to get VNC to work thru the browser. ive always used the viewer. in menu 15 all u need do is assign 5

Re: mapping a remote drive

2001-02-19 Thread David Rothman
first, thanks very much for the detailed response. - Original Message - From: "Joseph A. Knapka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 4:57 PM Subject: Re: mapping a remote drive > David Rothman wrote: > > > >

Re: mapping a remote drive

2001-02-18 Thread David Rothman
- Original Message - From: "Joseph A. Knapka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 2:49 PM Subject: Re: mapping a remote drive > David Rothman wrote: > > > > is SSH with win 2000 really a practical solut

Re: mapping a remote drive

2001-02-16 Thread David Rothman
re fairly hard coded, but they can be > moved to'non-standard' ports. FTP would probably be the hardest as it would > take some playing on the client end. HTTP is easy to 'move' on the client > end for special machine. > > But the suggestion for SSH makes th

Re: mapping a remote drive

2001-02-16 Thread David Rothman
re what u mean by 'moving' HTTP on the client end. can u plse explain? > > -Original Message- > From: David Rothman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 6:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: mapping a remote drive > > >

Re: mapping a remote drive

2001-02-16 Thread David Rothman
ots more attempts against port 138 than VNC. > > Lyle > > -Original Message- > From: David Rothman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 2:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: mapping a remote drive > > > yes..clearly it means openin

Re: mapping a remote drive

2001-02-16 Thread David Rothman
ROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:27 PM Subject: RE: mapping a remote drive > That means opening up netbios to the world(port 138). NOT a smart idea. > > -Original Message- > From: David Rothman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: F

mapping a remote drive

2001-02-16 Thread David Rothman
with vnc, when you want to talk to machine(x) which is behind a router, the router needs to be set to forward port 590x to machine(x). presumably this is also true with mapping a drive (using win 2000 pro) on a machine behind a router, but the syntax is not obvious to me. i would think it's an a

Re: VNC thru browser

2000-12-27 Thread David Rothman
um...i don't quite see what you're saying - Original Message - From: "Johannes Herlitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 5:46 AM Subject: Re: VNC thru browser > > im running w2000 pro and IE 5.5 and use vnc w/o any problems other than

VNC thru browser

2000-12-26 Thread David Rothman
im running w2000 pro and IE 5.5 and use vnc w/o any problems other than i cannot view another (local) machine thru the browser. is there some special setting i need to enable or something i should investigate? thanks - To unsubsc

Re: vnc in w2000 behind router and zonealarm

2000-12-18 Thread David Rothman
poke > that to the dynamic DNS server where you'll have a DNS name, like > rothman.dyndns.net > > Here's a good link to get you started. > > http://noeld.com/download.htm#DynSite > http://noeld.com/download.htm#Supported > > Hal Rottenberg | Hewlett-

Re: vnc in w2000 behind router and zonealarm

2000-12-15 Thread David Rothman
> well the only way I have been able to allow other computers access to a > computer running the free zonealarm is to add them (IP address) to local > zone. then the settings for local zone are used rather than the internet > zone. > > -Original Message- > From: Davi

Re: vnc in w2000 behind router and zonealarm

2000-12-14 Thread David Rothman
i've tried several searches of vnc and router and zonealarmnothing especially useful came up - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 8:05 AM Subject: Re: vnc in w2000 behind router and zonealarm > While you're wai

vnc in w2000 behind router and zonealarm

2000-12-14 Thread David Rothman
im sure this has been discussed to death, but i havent found an explicit reference in a quick scan... i want to access my machines remotely over the net. they all run w2000 or w98se. they all use a netgear rt311 router to share a cable modem and they all run zonealarm. i know that i have to op