Let's Review pcAnywhere and GoToMyPC Security Features
There are several
GoToMyPC security features that are easy for novice users to enable such as
Screen Blanking to prevent others from viewing the screen activity on the user's
host computer and Keyboard Locking to prevent unauthorized access to the host
computer while a user is connected. Although similar features are available
on pcAnywhere, setting these features may not be intuitive for novice users.
With GoToMyPC security features, both the controlled and controlling computers
receive all communications through an outgoing TCP connection, using protocols
and ports that can transparently transit almost all firewalls. Thus no firewall
changes are required and all the problems with incoming network connections
that are an issue with the use of pcAnywhere are affectively avoided.
When it comes
to pcAnywhere firewall configuration, some firewalls will only allow one connection
to an internal computer to use a specific IP port. In this case, this software
installation also must be changed from its default IP ports in coordination
with the firewall. GoToMyPC security features on firewall configuration have
more advantages over pc Anywhere.
GoToMyPC security: Traffic is encrypted with Advances Encryption Standard (AES)
128-bit encryption using a secure challenge - response password authentication
protocol. It is not possible to inadvertently configure a computer using this
application in a manner that will weaken security. Once a remote session is
over, there is no way for a user to connect to the host computer without having
to first re-authenticate. So this application has more advantages over pcAnywhere.