Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple - Remote Desktop 3
Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple - Remote Desktop 3
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple - Remote Desktop 3
- From: Michael Pike <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:53:28 -0600
I've noticed the opposite, the VNC seems to be much faster than ARD
for true "remote desktop" (displaying remotely), but then again it's
not a fair comparison because I am using an Intel Core Duo Mac to do
it, whereas before it was a Mac mini G4.
ARD is great, especially if you have a ton of workstations to manage,
but for using with remote server administration I like Chicken of The
VNC. It even has Bonjour so it will snoop out all of the macs on
your network similar to the ARD scan function.
In my case, I only have 5 XSERVEs to admin, so VNC works for me...
but some of the schools I have worked with have like 300-500
workstations to manage, and I couldnt imaging doing that without ARD.
mike
On Apr 11, 2006, at 9:42 AM, Peter Link wrote:
ARD2 allows you to use VNC. The difference is in speed, ARD is much
faster than a VNC client. I don't know if this has changed or not.
Remember, using VNC to attach to a Mac only gives you remote
access, it doesn't give you all the administration benefits of ARD.
Looking at the list of New Features, there are several that might
allow me to use ARD3 instead of syslog entries as well as remote
syslog use. Data is encrypted between the admin station and the
clients, which I don't believe is the case with typical remote
syslog use.
I still would like to see a light version that competes with VNC so
we could have an encrypted (and fast) remote desktop ability. I'd
like to see this version for free or included in something like the
iLife suite.
At 9:26 AM -0600 4/11/06, Michael Pike wrote:
Looks like it has some good new features.
One noteworthy item is that ARD also allows you to use VNC.
ChickenOfTheVNC is now a free universal binary and is opensource.
I've been using it on the Intel macs but now that ARD has a new
version we can upgrade.
mike
On Apr 11, 2006, at 6:50 AM, Dave Hale wrote:
http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/
Apple Remote Desktop 3, the award-winning desktop management
system for Mac OS X has more than 50 new features that deliver
improvements in software distribution, asset management, and
remote assistance. Apple Remote Desktop 3 offers a wide range of
high performance features, including lightning-fast Spotlight
searches across multiple Tiger systems; more than 30 Automator
actions for easy automation of repetitive tasks; a Dashboard
widget that provides quick and convenient observation of remote
systems; and AutoInstall for automatically updating software on
mobile systems once they return to the network.
--
Peter Link
Cyber Security Analyst
Cyber Security Program
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
PO Box 808, L-315
Livermore, CA 94550
email@hidden
(925) 423-1230
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