VNC vs cDc?

[Dan Mick]

It's also a Windows app, right?  So it's nothing like cross-platform
access to graphical systems; it's specifically for remote
administration-like things from Win to Win.


> Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 00:35:09 +0100
> From: Quentin Stafford-Fraser <quentin "at" orl.co.uk>
> To: vnc-list "at" orl.co.uk
> Subject: Re: VNC vs cDc?
> 
> My understanding is that Back Orifice gives access to the Win32 API and
> allows you to make various calls on it remotely to do things like edit the
> registry, copy files, pop up dialog boxes.  I don't think it gives remote
> control in the sense that VNC does, but we'd better not discuss the
> possibilities too much in case it gives somebody ideas of interesting BO
> plugins...
> 
> Quentin Stafford-Fraser
> 
> 
> Boyce, David wrote:
> 
> > After noticing a bit of the babble surrounding Back Orifice and browsing
> > through their website (http://www.cultdeadcow.com), I can't help
> > wondering if anyone's compared it vs VNC (or if BO is just a PR event
> > after all).  In fact, given that VNC is freeware and was released
> > approximately 6 months before BO, I can't help but wonder if BO is the
> > bastard offspring of VNC (the website certainly reads like
> > VNC-with-an-attitude). I haven't experimented with it at all yet, for
> > reasons that are presumably obvious. Has anyone else?
> >
> > -David Boyce
> >
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