How to track use of VNC

[James Weatherall]

John & John,

TightVNC is based on the old VNC 3 codebase, which didn't log to the system
event log, so you won't get those log events if you're using TightVNC.  

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of John
> Sent: 13 October 2004 14:26
> To: Wall, John; 'John'; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: How to track use of VNC
> 
> Maybe it's because we're using TightVNC, maybe no Event Log 
> entries are made.... are you using RealVNC?   I haven't 
> looked at TVNC vs RVNC in well over a year.... maybe I should 
> look agin.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 09:04 AM 10/13/2004, Wall, John wrote:
> >Hi John,
> >
> >I am using XP PRO, I go via the Control Panel select Administrative 
> >Tools, select Event Viewer, Select Applications and it appears there 
> >under as Event Viewer (local) and then and entry VNC double click it 
> >and the information is in it. I never set this computer up re Event 
> >Viewer so assume it is the default mode.
> >
> >Can't help further than explained above for my XP PRO 
> laptop. It does 
> >display the incoming IP addressed when connecting and when 
> disconnecting.
> >
> >John
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: John [mailto:johnrealvnc "at" sensorysims.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, 13 October 2004 19:24
> >To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> >Subject: RE: How to track use of VNC
> >
> >Regarding John Wall's reply about XP Event Log...
> >
> >
> >Where in the Event Log?   I just searched thru one of my 
> common XP Pro
> >machines which users connect to and there's nothing 
> there.... I checked 
> >all three area carefully, Application, Security & System.  
> Do you mean 
> >some other .Log file someplace?
> >
> >
> >
> >--__--__--
> >
> >Message: 21
> >From: "Wall, John" <JWall "at" agric.wa.gov.au>
> >To: "'DKing "at" hbgrpins.com'" <DKing "at" hbgrpins.com>, vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> >Subject: RE: How to track use of VNC
> >Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:46:29 +0800
> >
> >Hi Daniel,
> >
> >NT & XP have an event log that records the IP address that 
> accessed via 
> >VNC not sure about Win95 Win98
> >
> >John
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