From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 4 17:37:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA18774 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:37:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from palrel3.hp.com (palrel3.hp.com [156.153.255.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA18769 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:37:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com (srmail.sr.hp.com [15.4.45.14]) by palrel3.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id RAA22095; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:37:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA092261807; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:36:47 -0800 Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id RAA08381; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:36:46 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812050136.RAA08381@mina.sr.hp.com> To: Greg Shenaut Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: VNC [ was Re: back orifice ] Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Dec 1998 12:35:06 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.1.1.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 17:36:46 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Shenaut wrote: > So I did a web search and found out about it: it's a freeware remote > access tool for windows 95+, and there is in fact a *nix client > for it. I'm wondering whether this works as well as it sounds on > FreeBSD. Has anyone tried it? If you're looking for a "free" remote access client, check out VNC: http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/index.html It's GPL, not freeware, but that should be close enough. Servers exist for both Unix and Windows, and clients exist for those plus Windows CE, 3COM Palm Pilots, and others. I think there's even a Java-based client. It's not particularly fast, but it works. [ I'm not sure how useful it is, but the palmpilot version is certainly a mind-blower. Check out: http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~minenko/PalmVNC/ X-window access from a palmpilot: the mind boggles. ;-) ] -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message