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> We've been using NetOps for many years w/ pretty good results which gives > the options to have users OK a connection UltraVNC has this. > we were using Real VNC for a while and then got hacked thru VNC Any idea how this was done? Jesse Howard _______________________ IT Administrator Michigan State University Press [log in to unmask] www.msupress.msu.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Potter [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:12 AM > To: Jesse Howard > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Virtual Network Computing > > > Don't know if anyone has pointed this out about VNC but we were > using Real > VNC for a while and then got hacked thru VNC, so I don't know about Ultra > VNC but be aware that it might be a security risk for those boxes running > it without real tight security. > or to have it run in the > background w/ out their OK. Some of our staff are setup to OK a > connection > and others don't care and trust that we're only using it when working on > resolving IT problems. > Tim > > At 02:10 PM 3/29/2005, you wrote: > >I want to start using UltraVNC in our office domain, for tech > support and > >helpdesk purposes at the workstation level. A few of our users > have gotten > >the idea that we are going to use it to spy on them, and look at their > >email. It's become a bit of a PR problem for the IT Admin staff. > >So I am wondering, is it legal to use software like this at MSU, > under the > >AUP? If so, who here is using it? Have you run into issues with > users like > >this, where they interpret something you are doing as an attack on their > >privacy? If so, how did you handle it? We have sent out an email > >describing the software, what it does, and the fact that we won't use it > >without their permission. It doesn't seem to have helped much. > >Any ideas? > > > >Jesse Howard > >_______________________ > > > >IT Administrator > >Michigan State University Press > >[log in to unmask] > >www.msupress.msu.edu > > > > > >