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davis795
New Contributor
2 months ago

Port 5900

I need to open port 5900 so I can connect via VNC when I am out of town.  I believe I can tack on an extra charge to my service agreement to get expert help on this question.  TIA for any help you ca...
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ExtraChrispy
Contributor III
2 months ago

I thought I'd just add that if you care about security in any way, you're basically putting a kick me sign on your home PC if you do this.  VNC is not secure and anybody watching your connections will be able to see the password you use.

  • Darkatt's avatar
    Darkatt
    Valued Contributor III
    2 months ago

    There's a LOT of truth to this, VNC is really not very secure. I would look at teamviewer, or remotePC by Idrive. (It's not free, but really inexpensive and far more secure than vnc.

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      ExtraChrispy
      Contributor III
      2 months ago

      In all fairness, VNC can still be useful in cases such as this but I would only suggest using VNC in conjunction with a remote access VPN solution of some sort so that at least the VNC port isn't directly exposed to the whole of the Internet.