Comments on: Remote Access to PC

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:21:13 +0000

Remote PC states that it is a secure connection. That said, its only secure as the wireless network you are using to connect to the internet – so thats important to keep in mind.

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:20:42 +0000

I used one once, but I was really concerned by security issues.
Can anyone shead any light on this subject? It seems that remote might just have some vulnerabilities that could be exploited.
It seemed kind of slow, when I did use one across state to connect with my home rc.

By: Marios Alexandrou

Marios Alexandrou — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:30:58 +0000

I use Microsoft’s Remote Desktop which ships with Windows XP Professional. It’s solid and when running I can barely tell I’m not actually sitting at the remote computer. It doesn’t do file transfers, but that’s not a feature I need. It also only handles one connection at a time. For me that’s fine as I’d never want anyone to be able to connect to my computer. In cases where I need to share a desktop, I’d use something like WebEx.