You are correct on this point. GoToMyPC is SUPPOSED to be
encrypted end to end. However, since the source is not
available, who knows.
> 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.
Correct.
> -----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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