Websense, VNC and open ports

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 22, 2005, 2:54 pm

We finally got hit with the web filtering software websense.

Thanks to Fash, I was down about 10 minutes before ye'ole proxy took care of the blocked web sites but so far I haven't gotten VNC to work.

Ports 5800 and 5900 appear to be blocked.

I tried ports 80 and 8080 with no luck and 8008, 8080. Still no luck.

I'm pretty sure 8080 is open for web browsing but I need another open port. Does anyone have ideas for other common open ports to try?

Fash · Post by **Fash** » June 22, 2005, 6:41 pm

as long as you have a real vnc client, you only need one port...

the ssh port 22 was left open at my last place of business, so i was able to vnc (i forgot about this when talking to ya earlier)

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 22, 2005, 6:54 pm

Fash wrote:as long as you have a real vnc client, you only need one port...

the ssh port 22 was left open at my last place of business, so i was able to vnc (i forgot about this when talking to ya earlier)

Hmm, on TightVNC server when I tried to use a single port it said both ports can't be the same.

The good news is I had a chat with one of my IT buddies here and he said to just use Remote Desktop Connection. I wanted to avoid it as it might not be as safe to use as VNC for shenanigans at work but he said to go for it. I'm going to setup my home PC to use it tonight and try it out.

With my new 1Mbps+ upload speed at home and Remote Desktop, I should have a smooth connection.

Anyone know if Remote Desktop is encrypted? I like VNC because all the work side sees is pixel pushing, no real data.

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » June 22, 2005, 7:37 pm

Winnow wrote:Anyone know if Remote Desktop is encrypted?

It's encrypted. It's pretty weak (only 20 or 24-bit encryption), but that's better than nothing.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 22, 2005, 7:51 pm

Hoarmurath wrote:
Winnow wrote:Anyone know if Remote Desktop is encrypted?
It's encrypted. It's pretty weak (only 20 or 24-bit encryption), but that's better than nothing.

I'm just curious about what the IT sleuths can see.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » June 22, 2005, 8:22 pm

by one port.. i mean no HTTPd port, no web access.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » June 22, 2005, 11:29 pm

Hoarmurath wrote:
Winnow wrote:Anyone know if Remote Desktop is encrypted?
It's encrypted. It's pretty weak (only 20 or 24-bit encryption), but that's better than nothing.

Around the office who cares... You can watch it real time IIRC once you break it, it's pretty weak. Run it through an ssh tunnel if you can.

VNC should default to 5900 on windows for the server side, client will be a random high port. Unix will be 5900, 5901, 5902 for the server instances.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 23, 2005, 2:22 pm

Just a quick note:

Remote Desktop rocks. It's so much faster than VNC. The only comparison that would be better is if you could lick your own balls. Nice. Nice.