[KLUG Members] vnc over internet recommendations

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > Personally I don't view a wireless subnet any differently than a cabled
> > one.   You don't send data in-the-clear over the Internet, you don't do
> > it over the ether (radio waves), why would you do it over a piece of
> > copper? (Maybe at home this is different, but certainly not inside a
> > company - you have no idea who is plugging what into a switch in some
> > closet,  you may think you do, but you don't).
> Wouldn't 802.1x help keep unwanted devices off the wire, as long as your
> clients and switches all supported it? 

You mean EAP (or whatever it is called this week). Yes, absolutely.  I
think EAP/TLS is clearly the future.  But the "as long as your clients
and switches all support it" is the bugger.  And most switches, APs,
etc.... (and possibly NICs) are going to need a boost in processor power
to do all that security for an entire LAN and maintain today's
performance.