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From: za kAT on 11 Aug 2010 05:29 On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:18:23 -0700, No Spam wrote: > In article <i3ssom$n4n$1(a)news.eternal-september.org> > za kAT <zakAT(a)super-secret-IPaddress.invalid> wrote: > >>On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:56:42 -0500, HeyBub wrote: >> >>> Mikogo (remote desktop) is free, even for commercial use. >> >>Yep, it's really good, works like Logmein, not RDP. > > There is some confusion here guys. > > Royal TS, as you stated, is RDP based, and should be used over your > LAN/WAN unless you are adventurous/crazy enough to allow RDP connections > over the Internet. > > Logmein in installs a client for remote access which is unattended. > Mikogo is not similar to Logmein. It's similar to Logmein for remote support It uses an intermediate server, you can't logon direct. You provide remote support with the client logging in and downloading a small executable. It works without messing with firewalls. But you are correct, it's not for unattended remote access. > It is designed primarily for meetings/conferencing and sharing and while > it could be used for remote control when one of the users allows that, > it can't be used on an unattended computer. > Someone has to be there to start a session or join a session and then > allow remote access. > > So basically, if you wand RDP based remote control, Royal TS or other > similar ones are the right software. > > If you want online meetings/conferencing, sharing and some remote > control when you have someone at the other computer to allow it, Mikogo > is excellent, and so is Teamviewer but the latter is not allowed for > commercial use. > > If you want unattended web based remote control then Logmein should be > your choice. > > For that matter, VNC works too, and if you want to use it over the > Internet, you'd better user one of the security enhanced VNC flavors and > then tunnel your connections through SSH. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - Sergeant Tech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You've been targeted for denigration! |