server closed connection unexpectedly

[James Weatherall]

Jcn50,

You don't need a "rip-off" KVM-via.IP to reboot a system remotely.  There
are at least four alternatives that spring to mind:

1)  Buy a very reasonably-priced AdderLink IP. ;)
2)  VNC in to the system and use the GUI to reboot it in the normal way.
3)  Use the standard Windows XP "shutdown" command to reboot it remotely.
4)  Use a third-party remote-reboot program to perform (3).

Any of these avoid the security issues associated with the "telnet service"
approach.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of mailing "at" jcn50.com
> Sent: 07 February 2007 19:18
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Re: server closed connection unexpectedly
> 
> *** MY SOLUTION ***
> 
> Since the RESTART command-function is not VNC-integrated (and 
> because I
> don't want to buy rip-off KVM-over-IP!), I finally found 
> something that
> works:
> 
> http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/remoteshutdownsubmission.asp
> 
> (you will need to create an account on the website to download the ZIP
> archive. I will try to send the file via this mailing-list in the next
> email, but I doubt it will be dispatched...).
> 
> Brief introduction: C# written software, that:
> - listens on a user-defined port ;
> - uses a user-defined password (will be SHA-1 encrypted) ;
> - awaits for REBOOT instructions! (even though the soft is called
> RemoteShutdown).
> 
> How to use it: from any computer in the world, you can make a 
> telnet on
> the distant machine "TELNET ip port", once connected type-in your
> password, as you press enter the machine reboots!
> 
> Security consideration: even if the password is SHA-1 encrypted on the
> remote machine, it could be sniffed from an unsecured network (but who
> does that anyway??... a tiny packet in a ocean of data...).
> 
> Installation:
> - create your config file with makeconfig.exe (from a CMD prompt),
> defining your password and listening port ;
> - install the service with installutil.exe (from a CMD 
> prompt). This EXE
> is already in every computer, on my Win2k it was in:
> C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 ;
> - run the service (from Services control panel).
> 
> 
> Definitely a feature that I would like to see in the next releases of
> VNC(as an add-on service?). Until then, enjoy this soft.
> 
> 
> 
> jcn50.
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