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Wyatt Super Geek Posts: 126 From: Augusta, GA USA Registered: Aug 2000	posted May 08, 2002 05:49 I'm having to remote connect to a couple of servers. Can anybody recommend something that's better than PCAnywhere? ------------------ Website : www.knology.net/wyattf Email: wyattf@knology.net the most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. that's where we come in; we're computer professionals. we cause accidents. -nathaniel borenstein IP: Logged
omega996 Geek-in-Training Posts: 34 From: brea, ca Registered: Mar 2002	posted May 08, 2002 07:00 what kind of servers? for a fairly platform-independent program, have you looked at VNC? it doesn't have as many bells and whistles as PCA, but you can get clients for just about any OS, and the server runs on more than one platform as well. in a pinch, you can connect to the machine running VNC with a web browser. If you're running windows 2000, you could enable the remote administration feature, which is windows terminal services restricted for users who have administrator rights. for UNIX, i'd suggest either OpenSSH or X-Windows over an OpenSSH tunnel... quote: Originally posted by Wyatt: I'm having to remote connect to a couple of servers. Can anybody recommend something that's better than PCAnywhere? IP: Logged
quantumfluff Highlie Posts: 726 From: peeping through your window Registered: Jun 2000	posted May 08, 2002 07:21 I don't want to start a flame war, but my suggestion is to never use a microsoft OS on a remote server. If you absolutely have to, then PC anywhere is OK. Use the highest encryption levels it has and disallow all plain text connections. If the remote server is a unix box, then use SSH. Don't use the version of SSH which came with the OS. Get the newest one (from openssh.org, I believe) and build it yourself. IP: Logged
dragonman97 Super Geek Posts: 244 From: Westchester County, New York Registered: May 2001	posted May 08, 2002 09:06 I second the non-M$ use, but I am forced to use it at work - though my prof and I will be teaching my coworkers about Linux this month. If you need to use Windows, I would offer VNC as a suggestion, and you can tunnel it through SSH for added security. But if they will pay for it, you may as well use PCAnywhere - I think it may be more appropriate for Windoze - particularly the automatic locking of the workstation/server when you disconnect. I'm not sure about Carbon Copy, I've never used it myself. And I'll only use SSH for remote administration of *nix boxen. You can even tunnel X11 through your session, so that you can securely and easily access your apps from machines with an X server [I wish I had time to elaborate, and mention 'WeirdMind' - a pure Java, SSH and X11 Server applet]. IP: Logged
omega996 Geek-in-Training Posts: 34 From: brea, ca Registered: Mar 2002	posted May 08, 2002 11:46 you wouldn't get any flame from me; i don't think any microsoft OS belongs on a server unless there's a specific application that it is providing that is MS-only. unfortunately, the reality is that more people believe that NT/2K/future derivatives DO belong in the server room, providing as many services as possible. makes me want to move to a non-it job sigh anyhow... quote: Originally posted by quantumfluff: I don't want to start a flame war, but my suggestion is to never use a microsoft OS on a remote server. If you absolutely have to, then PC anywhere is OK. Use the highest encryption levels it has and disallow all plain text connections. If the remote server is a unix box, then use SSH. Don't use the version of SSH which came with the OS. Get the newest one (from openssh.org, I believe) and build it yourself. IP: Logged
Alan! Newbie Posts: 5 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2002	posted May 09, 2002 07:40 remote administrator. http://www.famatech.com/ http://www.famatech.com/ Alan! IP: Logged

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