Android Newbie

[Morne]

Hi all

I've just switch to a new phone with Android OS on it. I'm thinking of using it to remotely check out my pc desktop and render que etc. What security prevents some1 from seeing my username and password when I use the phone to access the internet to get onto my pc desktop?

It seems Android is more for Linux fans and I cant help to think that my standard os on the phone is a bit unsecure by default and I manually have to disable a bunch of things? On my Blacberry I never even gave it a second thought.

[MoonDoggie]

It all depends on the protocols implemented on your phone through the app. No-one can see or decrypt your internet traffic without access to the router you're on, including your password. You'll want to make sure your router is using WPA2 encryption (as opposed to WEP, which takes a couple minutes to crack using aircrack-ng). You'll want to make sure your WPA2 password is not in a dictionary and isn't in a common passwords wordlist. Moreover, your app can make a non-secure connection to the web (http, https is secure). If the app implements an SSL connection you'll be in much better shape, but as with _all_ internet traffic, do not connect to any unsecured wifi networks or your traffic will be visible.

All in all: there's no way to be 100% secure, but the likelihood of someone seeing and doing something with your information is small, take simple precautions and keep your software and OS up-to-date and you should be fine. If you have any questions about computer security, I'll see what I can link you to.

[DanielBrew]

If your backburner manager is installed on Windows Server you can use IIS to view your render queue from anywhere in the world (if you have an internet connection and a VPN)

Here's a screen grab of our queue from my mobile....

[Morne]

Does it have to be IIS? Doesnt Win7 also come with some subset of IIS?
Can I do it on Apache installed on a normal Win7 or Xp pc?

[DanielBrew]

I'm not sure if Win7 has some IIS functionality I just know we use IIS7.

You can use Apache though, here's a 'how to' guide...