Are there Linux remote support server like TeamViewer available?
Hello Everyone:
I have given support for my clients since 1985 and used "Remote Session", "Carbon Copy", "pcAnywhere", "TightVNC", and a few others. My choice of preference is to have a server I can trust under my supervision in order to avoid exposing my clients and friends private information from getting exposed? Using TeamViewer, an excellent product, does not secure both my files and theirs because when we connect, we are in their server and if they choose to, can interrupt, copy files, etc. during a remote session. Are there Linux versions for remote support available like TeamViewer that would be in my direct control? |
Well, TeamViewer is available for Linux...so I suppose the answer would be "Yes".
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I know it is based on Linux
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I don't really understand what you are asking for. You asked for software like TeamViewer, but TeamViewer itself is not acceptable?
There are many options for Linux-to-Linux remote control, such as NX, X over SSH, or the standard VNC. Are none of these options acceptable either? They all run on the local machine and should therefore be under your "direct control", as it were. |
Teamviewer cuts through the firewall issues
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I haven't used stuff like Teamviewer, although I've seen VNC and some of the DOS tools you mentioned.
For secure remote help, I'd either use ssh (with or without X) or tunnel VNC over ssh, thus giving you a GUI env tunnelled over an encrypted cxn. Does that help? You could also use auth-keys (aka certs) with ssh cxns. |
TeamViewer simplifies passing through the firewalls
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I too have tried some of the suggestions you have given...The problem is that most users that ask for help no little about finding their dynamically assigned IP address, let alone their public IP address that is needed for the connection to be successful. Using TeamViewer for assistance has made it very simple to make the connections for those asking for help...The problem is still security...That is why I am looking for a Linux product that can do the same as TeamViewer. Thanks again for your replying...JEASERVE |
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If it's safe enough for a bank, it surely is safe enough for you. That is if you don't have extreme demands on remote connection software! And it's free for non-commercial use. |
Added to the above, anything which gives the functionality of Team Viewer is going to have to use its own servers to provide that functionality as this is how they obtain the IP address of the person you are to control.
Anything you do would have to involve installing something on their machines to tell you their IP address. You could probably create a desktop icon for a script which emails you their IP address, for example. |
TeamViewer Security - https://www.teamviewer.com/en/products/security.aspx
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https://www.teamviewer.com/images/pd...yStatement.pdf One of the nifty things about Teamviewer it works on darn near any OS, including Linux and Android. |
I feel your pain. I've also had to come to terms with Linux often not being supported (maybe because the market isn't big enough), but RHUB's remote support solution supports Linux, Unix, etc.
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