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Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:48:38 +0100 From: Mario Vilas <mvilas@...il.com> To: Ben Bucksch <news@...ksch.org> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk Subject: Re: VNC viewers: Clipboard of host automatically sent to remote machine >> IP KVM, in which the foreign server basically gets only inbound >> Keyboard and Mouse and outbound uncompressed pixels. > > That is *precisely* what VNC is: an open-source IP KVM. No, it's not. I won't go into the differences because other people already did in this thread. > And please don't turn this into "you're stupid", because I've seen > others with the same setup. As mentioned, I know of a government agency > with highly competent IT staff who had a similar setup: normal and > sensitive work is on the desktop/notebook and Internet access (which is > considered insecure) is on a remote machine, with a viewer on the desktop. That proves nothing. For example, there are many SCADA devices owned by government agencies connected to the Internet, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea to do so. -- “There's a reason we separate military and the police: one fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.” _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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