downloaded tightvnc...but what does this mean?

[alpha]

just downloaded Tightvnc....went to the check file link option to
compare my download and was confronted with the following which i have
no idea how to translate.

NOTE: I downloaded the version 1.2.9 without installer which
pricelessware site recomended

if this verification process is simple i would apreciate a
pointer....if its a nurd thing....i will take my chances since i have
more security progs than a paranoid scizophrenic.

would also apreciate opinions from users of this prog on weather or not
this prog is secure or not.....is it like gotomypc in that when its
turned off it cant be hacked???...and can i use disposable passwords
like gotomypc???...

anyway....here is the "check file" data i need explained:

ab7ab142370e17eee2d9a5c5c8f392fc dfmirage.zip
0448f9f95cac074cc92beb6fcbf9e797 tightvnc-1.2.9-1.i386.rpm
c8fc8b45f051b99cc7bd96ad2740845a tightvnc-1.2.9-1.src.rpm
53c9a6902109dc66a1c622d05acfdd64 tightvnc-1.2.9_javabin.tar.gz
ef40c6d0e3440c8299ca60ec0f764cf7 tightvnc-1.2.9_javabin.zip
4dbf65b9459f82448a2c0b74160eaf87 tightvnc-1.2.9_javasrc.tar.gz
3474231fbc166b7c25fa0ba9525c51a1 tightvnc-1.2.9_javasrc.zip
a9c3fce096310986c815ac79a600ddab tightvnc-1.2.9-setup.exe
f804b26c098625e3a2675a0aa7709e31 tightvnc-1.2.9_unixsrc.tar.bz2
ba277dc56a0cfed2e4fba778f219cd08 tightvnc-1.2.9_unixsrc.tar.gz
18d76ea214705af1a8926c6591668b40 tightvnc-1.2.9_winsrc.tar.bz2
3e19d26da8807ee59562281075c81b02 tightvnc-1.2.9_winsrc.zip
e6987fecbff59c9c9373074733c99b7a tightvnc-1.2.9_x86_viewer.zip
eb45bf497269ec70c3aa28923afa6261 tightvnc-1.2.9_x86.zip
9acc9a126fb5df67f297cd4664150530 tightvnc-1.3dev5-1.i386.rpm
1937f02f8e58390442d6f910bfd612d0 tightvnc-1.3dev5-1.src.rpm
bdcae6956ae382e5aca6cb708d085766 tightvnc-1.3dev5_unixsrc.tar.bz2
baa973cd30d98d215b46db83a6b07a68 tightvnc-1.3dev5_unixsrc.tar.gz
f6d854a19c2172d456074db6f015444f tightvnc-1.3dev6_javabin.tar.gz
cfbb326ad44b6d29b826a14b0b122dc1 tightvnc-1.3dev6_javabin.zip
b454bb83bfb2ee8c5862c32aff00da53 tightvnc-1.3dev6_javasrc.tar.gz
458a7d40defa3b5ec81789a6ee7b3156 tightvnc-1.3dev6_javasrc.zip
f3d1668b61cadc7030fcb6e3494130b4 tightvnc-1.3dev6-setup.exe
409f7cac8cefb51a28cfdaee05b18368 tightvnc-1.3dev6_winsrc.tar.bz2
2ed3e96eb800ef3f09e8d76b6cceb74d tightvnc-1.3dev6_winsrc.zip
6487415640bfdd793e0a1a9fe726adb4 tightvnc-1.3dev6_x86_viewer.zip
d0a74c1345b757bd0f770d0afd443653 tightvnc-1.3dev6_x86.zip
a4b535cdc06ac85b1d0fa342aa57133c tightvnc-server-1.2.9-1.i386.rpm
8d7f0dac79af5174b90f209628913e16 tightvnc-server-1.3dev5-1.i386.rpm
077da6c2751821a64f868f2f5400e3e0 tightvncx-0.0.1.zip
2d9d16173121958e5b7793d5f5203ca8 tightvncx-0.0.2.zip
2c627d04032aa84571db91bcf5654322 tightvncx-src-0.0.2.zip
7259b10da4a4455b67f094c52005d54b WinVNC-dsp.zip

many thanks if you can translate.........A

 

[scootgirl.com]

just downloaded Tightvnc....went to the check file link option to
compare my download and was confronted with the following which i have
no idea how to translate.

NOTE: I downloaded the version 1.2.9 without installer which
pricelessware site recomended [snip]
would also apreciate opinions from users of this prog on weather or not
this prog is secure or not.....is it like gotomypc in that when its
turned off it cant be hacked???...and can i use disposable passwords
like gotomypc???...

[snip]




VNC is one of the few programs I download the installer with. This is
true of all the flavors on Windows that I've used. I'd recommend using
the installer yourself, so it installs the service for you, etc..

As far as security, I don't think any VNC builds support disposable
passwords which would be a great feature. However, VNC does use challenge
code response password exchange so at least the password to access VNC is
secure (if a strong p/w is chosen).

The data after you start using VNC is plain text and unencrypted albeit
compressed video.

It's recommended that one should use VNC with SSH as discussed here (in
part): http://faq.gotomyvnc.com/fom-serve/cache/28.html . Personally, I
use SSH on my Fedora box to VNC inside my LAN - only the one SSH port
need be opened to the internet, and VNC is never directly accessible. I
only access it on trusted remote workstations such as my own laptop.

Karen
http://scootgirl.com/

 

[Gary R. Schmidt]

alpha wrote:
[SNIP]

anyway....here is the "check file" data i need explained:

ab7ab142370e17eee2d9a5c5c8f392fc dfmirage.zip

These are MD5 checksum lines. You use the "md5sum" program and it
checks that what you downloaded matches.

Go ogle on md5sum for more info.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

 

[Mel]

alpha wrote:
[SNIP]

anyway....here is the "check file" data i need explained:

ab7ab142370e17eee2d9a5c5c8f392fc dfmirage.zip

These are MD5 checksum lines. You use the "md5sum" program and it
checks that what you downloaded matches.

Go ogle on md5sum for more info.

MD5summer is an application for Microsoft Windows 9x, NT, ME, 2000 & XP
which generates and verifies md5 checksums. Its output file is
compatible with the output of the Linux GNU MD5Sum and it will also read
Linux generated files. MD5summer is written in Borland Delphi 5 and is
released under the General Public License, the source can be downloaded
from the downloads page. If you like MD5summer, please send me a
postcard.

http://www.md5summer.org/

 

[me]

alpha wrote:
[SNIP]

anyway....here is the "check file" data i need explained:

ab7ab142370e17eee2d9a5c5c8f392fc dfmirage.zip

These are MD5 checksum lines. You use the "md5sum" program
and it checks that what you downloaded matches.

Go ogle on md5sum for more info.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

For windoze:
ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/
d/l
md5sum-w32.zip
(and its .sig, of course)

J