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bob prohaska's usenet account - 26 Feb 2008 03:17 GMT

Hi all,

Do there exist any alternatives to Timbuktu Remote and Microsoft
Remote Desktop for the Mac? I want to access an iMac at work, using
if possible an open-source solution at home.

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

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Tom Stiller - 26 Feb 2008 04:07 GMT

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> bob prohaska

Have a look at OSXvnc as the sever and either Chicken of the VNC or the
faster JollysFastVNC as the client. While VNC sopports a simple
password authentication scheme, I would strongly suggest you go the
extra mile and deploy them using an SSH tunnel.

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Kevin McMurtrie - 26 Feb 2008 04:37 GMT

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> bob prohaska

A very nice custom VNC solution is built into 10.5, if you can run that.
If not, "OSXvnc.app" and "Chicken of the VNC.app" are a nice pair.

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bob prohaska's usenet account - 27 Feb 2008 07:53 GMT

Kevin & Tom,

Thank you, I have much to learn!

bob prohaska

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Calum - 27 Feb 2008 16:41 GMT

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> A very nice custom VNC solution is built into 10.5, if you can run that.

And I have to say, I've been very impressed with its performance. Blows
the socks off Chicken and Jolly's for accessing my home machine from the
office.

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Jolly Roger - 27 Feb 2008 19:23 GMT

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> the socks off Chicken and Jolly's for accessing my home machine from the
> office.

At the same time, it has some rather annoying bugs. For instance, on
more than one occasion, I've found it in a state where all clicks were
registered as control- or right-clicks.

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Tom Stiller - 27 Feb 2008 19:52 GMT

> >> Hi all,
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> the socks off Chicken and Jolly's for accessing my home machine from the
> office.

I haven't tried it, but do you know if the built-in solution permits
tunneling through SSH?

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remote desktop apps?