Remote Desktop Access

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2015-07-30 at 14:45 -0600, compdoc wrote:
> > I haven't tried X2Go.  Can anyone comment on its performance?

In this comparison thread, no-one seems to have mentioned the big
advantage of TeamViewer over VNC/RDP/etc, which is that it gets through
NAT transparently by use of a rendezvous server (the TeamViewer server).

With VNC, RDP etc you will need to use port-forwarding to get to any
host behind NAT, and you will need to use non-standard ports to reach
multiple systems. Unless you are using IPv6, or can set up a VPN into
the target network first.

The equal and opposite downside of TeamViewer is that all your traffic
goes through a TeamViewer server, one not under your control, and I
don't know if it's encrypted. If it is, I don't know whether TeamViewer
could do a MITM attack on it. You can't wrap TeamViewer in your own
security; it is what it is.

Which means that TeamViewer is not an option if your users are going to
be using it for sensitive matters.

> I use Ubuntu Server because I don't need Bluetooth and LibreOffice and all
> the rest, and I'm forced to use the Mate Desktop to use as a remote desktop.
> (Not that I'm saying Mate is bad - it's a great desktop.) 

?!? Are you saying you don't normally use a graphical desktop but are
forced to do so because of X2Go? If you don't want the GUI, just use
ssh! Problem solved. It'll be way faster than anything else and totally
secure.

Regards, K.


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