Talk:Virtual Network Computing

message: AFAIK VNC has limitations in comparison with Microsoft RDP do not allowing forwarding audio and having multiple sessions, maybe it should be noted in article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.212.29.92 (talk • contribs) 25 August 2005
: RDP and other proprietary tools such as Timbuktu and GoToMyPC are worth mentioning. Multiple sessions are supported with most VNCs but AFAIK sound is not supported directly by any of them. Also there are quite a few VNC servers and clients not listed on the current tools page. Jruuska 16:21, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: (Untitled 1)

message: We are having a peer review for remote administration tool Back Orifice. We're hoping that you could join the discussion and give us some ideas, how to improve the article further. --Easyas12c 19:54, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Back Orifice'' peer review

message: I added a link to TightVNC, but it quickly got removed by Nathanrdotcom saying that "commercial links — or links to your own private websites" is not allowed. I find this very strange. www.tightvnc.com is hardly my private website. It's not very commercial either - you can't buy anything! Speaking of commercial sites, though, please note that RealVNC IS commercial. As a side note, I don't understand how it could be called more "official" than other implementations. I think there are many valid reasons to link to the TightVNC web site. TightVNC is highly popular - it has been selected as "Project of the month" on Sourceforge and is the 9th most popular project on Freshmeat.net! RealVNC, as a comparision, is on place 119. --PeterAstrand 08:22, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Commercial or not? 

message: Move the RealVNC link down to the "external links" section, and get rid of everything else in the list of implementations.  We're not here to try to replace the Open Directory Project. --Carnildo 06:20, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to me. AlistairMcMillan 19:52, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Response to RfC

message: VNC seems to have much in common with the X protocol, but there's nothing in the VNC article about it. Should there be a discussion about the similarities and differences? (I know little or nothing about VNC, though I do know a little about X.)
Wocky 09:44, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Similarities to X

message: Need some links in this article about how to VNC. And VNC over SSH. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.48.105.242 (talk • contribs) 14:25 06 April 2006 (UTC)
: I disagree. This is not the place for tutorials. Try Google. Lambyuk 19:25, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: (Untitled 3)

message: Hi.  I'm a mediator from the mediation cabal and I saw the start of a filing.  Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-05-02 TightVNC link on VNC page
A few comments:
# This is a very low activity article for mediation.  Mediation can involve a lot of time.  Are you sure discussion or a neutral 3rd party isn't a better option?  
# There doesn't seem to have been any real attempt to discuss this issue.  The link was created then deleted and a complaint filled
# You have an experienced administrator monitoring the group, AlistairMcMillan.  Why not make use of his experience and knowledge?
I'm going to close this case out.  If after really thinking about it this seems worth doing then I (or someone else) will be happy to mediate, but there hasn't been any real effort at dispute resolution prior to this case being opened. jbolden1517Talk 17:50, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cabal case

message: "As with any server software, if the port used by this service is explicitly blocked by a firewall it is practically impossible to break into the service. In other words a network administrator has to enable firewalling for 5901 on the local router in order to prevent access from outside the LAN."
While such a security measure would disallow direct access to the service (from the internet), Any other service which is compromised, which can be accessed from the internet and has access to the LAN, would defeat such a measure (Especially SSH or HTTPS (eg via a compromised CGI program), as encrypted connections are hidden even from IDS and other security systems involving packet inspection systems, assuming an IDS was configured to detect VNC), and then there's always the option of getting a direct ethernet connection the the LAN with a bit of social engineering. Therefore, "practically impossible" is incorrect.
It's also lacking a citation. Hydroksyde 03:55, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: VNC Security

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thread_title:  Suggestions 

message: This is with regards to the request by William Graham to merge VNC Loop into this article. It must be noted that they used to be merged, but VNC Loop was separated into its own article. --Amit 03:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a shame that we have rules against neologisms. AlistairMcMillan 17:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably another article? Let's be certain here. If there is a proper general article, VNC Loop could go there as an example of the phenomenon, but otherwise the info shouldn't be lost. ---Amit 07:37, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

text: There is a general "optical feedback" article which probably deserves mention of the effect, but it doesn't seem okay to move all of the content from VNC Loop into that article. --Amit 06:35, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

text: It's gone entirely thanks to AlistairMcMillan who insisted that it did not meet the WP:VERIFY criteria. As per AlistairMcMillan, any amount of user consensus to merge the article is insufficient to overrule WP:VERIFY. There were sources - forums, personal pages, and Flickr, but as per AlistairMcMillan, all of them don't count, presumably because they are not reliable enough. So it's okay to include in WP stupid shit like Kerry and Bush calling each other crazy, liars, and asking for BS apologies, but it's not okay to include VNC Loop in WP. --Amit 23:56, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed "VNC Loop" merge

message: Users unconditionally supporting the merger:
#William Graham
#Bill.matthews
#arielCo
Users opposing the merger:
#AlistairMcMillan
#Nealmcb
#Phoe6
So what happened to the VNC loop page? it's gone and not integrated into this article either!? 165.230.46.159 23:04, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's gone entirely thanks to AlistairMcMillan who insisted that it did not meet the WP:VERIFY criteria. As per AlistairMcMillan, any amount of user consensus to merge the article is insufficient to overrule WP:VERIFY. There were sources - forums, personal pages, and Flickr, but as per AlistairMcMillan, all of them don't count, presumably because they are not reliable enough. So it's okay to include in WP stupid shit like Kerry and Bush calling each other crazy, liars, and asking for BS apologies, but it's not okay to include VNC Loop in WP. --Amit 23:56, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Summary

message: Is censoring the screenshot really nessessary? Hundreds of articles on Wikipedia contain screenshots of copyrighted software. I didn't know it was a big problem.72.43.196.123 21:24, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  screenshot 

message: Could someone perhaps add an entry to this article explaining how to also get remote sound in addition to the graphics please? --Rebroad 14:56, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  remote sound and graphics 

message: I just started the RealVNC article, because people don't think it belongs here (Virtual Network Computing), but I think it still deserves mention on Wikipedia, especially if UltraVNC has its own article. Feel free to improve it. --Spoon! 04:13, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I started RealVNC article 

message: The external links in this section are inappropriate per WP:EL and WP:NOT#LINK.  I'm removing the links, leaving the red links to what may become real articles. --Ronz 21:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Comparison of VNC software" section

message: I came to the VNC page seeking details on how it works, specifically in regards to which protocols are commonly used, and how they are implemented. How is raw scanline data formatted? How does hextile work? These are things I want to know, and I think they are relevant. Is this the correct place to find this information? If it is, then I hope somebody more experienced than myself can contribute. Otherwise, I will do my best to add to this article. iridium 20:55, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seeking details on VNC protocols 

message: I created comparison of remote desktop software today before I had seen the comparison of VNC software section. I think a comparison of all types of remote desktop software would be more useful to most potential users than the narrow comparison of VNC software, (even if my initial attempt is rubbish and clearly should be redesigned), so I propose this merge. Of course we could try to have both, but that would be redundant and could lead to inconsistency and duplication of effort.—greenrd 01:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal for comparison of VNC software 

message: How about a list of systems which a VNC program is available for?
I'd put it on myself but I don't know which systems it's available for.
Include things like Symbian OS and Windows Mobile (if they're available)
-Forlornity 87.82.6.16 20:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That information is in Comparison of remote desktop software (there is a link to that article in this one).—greenrd 20:41, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Compatible Systems?

message: The only port number that is officially registered with Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority for use by VNC is port 5900.  Mentioning other ports that could be assigned to other protocols at any time (including 5901-5906 and 5800-5806) might mislead users into trusting it is safe to use those ports, and then a port conflict could result on their system or in practice.  IMHO, the main article should either only document the official port, or mention that use (abuse) of the unassigned port numbers may change or be incompatible with other things in the future. --Cjnifty 20:05, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  VNC port numbers and IANA registry 

message: I have a question, is it possible to play games on a weak computer if the weak computer is connected to one that is capable of playing games? I would use the stronger computer to run the game and the weaker of the two to control it, although I it'd make a lot more sense if things were rendered locally, so I might be out of luck on that one. I can't try this out myself but it'd be very interesting to find out. :) 84.216.46.57 (talk) 17:09, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no particular experience of this but I doubt that it would work satisfactorily, if at all.  You network link is slow compared to a video card bus - this isn't really a problem for business style apps or graphically straightforward games such as solitaire.  Not the case with full motion video and/or 3D rendering so the frame rate would drop considerably.  I doubt it would work in the first place though - when I've tried similar with Terminal Services and a fairly graphically undemanding game, it flatly refused to work.  Like many games it needed DirectX and neither system provides a DirectX link to the remote video card, even if such a link is theoretically possible. CrispMuncher (talk) 12:55, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Playing games through VNC? 

message: Does the line "Hamachi has been purchased by LogMeIn and is no longer freeware, though it's free for non-commercial use." in the security section add any value to the VNC article.
Its true (no doubt about that) but this is not the place. It should be removed.
Raoravikiran (talk) 10:12, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Security 

message: This may be incorrect but I believe VNC was created by Bell Labs sometime in the 1980s.  Whether or not this is true, the article needs historical references to support whatever is claimed.  It ought to be removed otherwise, or expressed as folklore. Kernel.package (talk) 23:41, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy of history and references 

message: Someone should add a list of the different VNC's available.
Here are some, TightVNC, RealVNC, UltraVNC.
iPad VNC viewers VNC Pocket Office Pro  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parystec (talk • contribs) 17:33, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  list of VNC software

message: "at a time when Olivetti and Oracle Corporation owned the lab"  And WHEN was that?  Sheesh, have you not had history in school?  It's full of actual dates, unlike this article.  "When Olivetti and Oracle owned the lab" tells me nothing.  And especially not about when VNC was designed/invented.  Pre 2002 is all I can tell from this section. jae (talk) 21:40, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Actual years in history section