Which is the best

[Jerome R. Westrick]

On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 11:38, Corni Beerse wrote:
> ProMark wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Which one of these three has the best program and ease of use; TightVNC,
> > TridiaVNC and UltraVNC, and why?
> 
> The real one is missing: realvnc...
> 
> I'd say there is no best version in general. They all have their advantages. 
>  From my point of view, realvnc is the best since that is the cleanest one and 
> the one available on M$Windows, Linux and HP-UX.
> 
>  From your point of view, you should say which options you need or what you like 
> to do with it. Only then, one can say which is the best.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Which one has the best security features.
> 
> None of the above. VNC has no security, at least not by default. If you need 
> security, you best use some tunnel, ssh or vpn connection.
> 
Beg to differ...
Tightvnc (and I assume realvnc also) implement on the unix side a 
"-via" parameter to facilitate ssh tunnelsing...

UltraVnc has an encryption plugin module to encrypt the data across the
network.

> > 
> > Also are there any other vendors or versions?
> 
I think the list should be Realvnc, tightvnc, and UltraVnc...
I don't remember what tridia is (or was)...


> It once started at an AT&T research lab in the uk: 
> http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/docs.html .
> Currently the core is at http://www.realvnc.com/
> 
> > 
> > Thanks for all your help.
> > ProMark
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