My main problem with the GoToMyPC approach is you're proxying through a
server you don't know anything about. How secure is it? What do they log?
Who's watching? Maybe I'm just paranoid. :) Obviously those issues go away
if you're running your own proxy.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael F. March [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 5:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is `gotomypc.com' built upon vnc?
The company I work for is using VNC using the exact same method
as GoToMyPC employs and I have to say that using a Proxy almost
always works the same or better than going point-2-point. If
multiple people are viewing the same session, proxy always seems
to work better. (Ever try more than two people sharing the same
Windows box, forget it.)
I have done traceroutes many times both between two VNC peers
and then from each peer to the proxy and the total hop count
of going through the proxy has never seemed to exceed 20% more
than the peer to peer hop count.
I will agree that if your proxy is on a crummy link, the advantages
wither away (sands the firewall issues.)
> There are a few similar sites. I have a feeling they're using the
> NetMeeting ActiveX control or a variant thereof - apparently it's
> customizable via the NetMeeting SDK. I personally have problems with
using
> a proxy to make these connections (ie, they can log connections, what do
> they do with that info? The physical route between machines effectively
can
> be double what it needs to be if you're directly connected, depending on
> where the control and the client are. Also you're at the mercy of the
> uptime of their server, just to name a few.)
>
> Anyway, just my $.02.
>
> Glenn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Hanchrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:50 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Is `gotomypc.com' built upon vnc?
>
>
> gotomypc.com offers remote access via the web -- you install some software
> on one machine, and then can access that machine's desktop remotely by
> pointing your web browser at gotomypc.com, and telling it the name of the
> machine you want to connect to. It feels very much like VNC, except
they've
> done something very clever: the software that you install on the machine
is
> (I'm guessgin) technically a client, not a server, so it works behind
> firewalls. That is, it doesn't use ports whose numbers are less than
1024,
> and thus most firewalls will allow the connection.
>
> Anyway, I'm simply curious: does anyone know if indeed gotomypc is built
> from a modified VNC, or, on the other hand, is it an independent bunch of
> code?
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