Net/Systems Management /
Connection and security options
By David Strom
Network World, 08/20/01
| Connection
options |
| Connection
type |
pcAnywhere
|
Carbon
Copy |
Control
IT |
VNC
|
| TCP/IP |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Novell
SPX/IPX |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| NetBIOS |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Dial-up
modems |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| ISDN
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Platforms
supported |
Windows |
Windows |
Windows |
Windows,
Unix, Macintosh |
| Security
options |
| Option
|
pcAnywhere
|
Carbon
Copy |
Control
IT |
VNC
|
| Limit
no. of logon attempts |
Yes
|
Yes |
Using
NT authentications |
Yes
|
| Inactivity
timeouts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Minimum password lengths |
No |
Yes |
Using
NT authentications |
Unix
version only |
|
Windows NT/2000 authentications |
Yes |
Yes |
SQL
Server |
No |
| Limit
access by IP address/subnet |
Yes |
No |
Only
individual IP addresses |
Yes |
|
Encryption keys |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Limit
access to specific folders, disk drives, printers, and others |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Actions at end of control session |
Log
off Windows, reboot PC, exit host program, lock NT workstation |
Log
off Windows, reboot PC, exit host program |
Log off Windows, reboot PC, exit host program |
Log
off Windows |
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Strom is the author of numerous product reviews, essays, opinion pieces and feature stories for dozens of computer trade publications and technical Web sites. His second book, Home Networking Survival Guide, will be published this fall by Osborne/McGraw Hill books. He can be reached at david@strom.com.
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