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Recently, someone in my family was not able to get into their home PC with their password, and called for assistance. This means having to drive down to the machine to see what they are doing, and log in with the appropriate account that can reset that password. Work commitments preclude driving there right away to see what is happening, and I am trying to locate a remote access solution. If they were logged into the machine, I could use some sort of remote assistance tool, but that is not an option in this case. There is the possibility of setting up SSH or OpenVPN to access the machine via the Internet, but I am not certain leaving those tools running all the time is the smartest idea in this day and age.
What recommendations do the Soylent community have for securely managing a machine over the Internet when someone is not logged into it?
(Score: 1) by darkpixel on Sunday April 30 2017, @06:47PM
Yeah--I totally get that. I'm a single developer who started developing it to 'scratch an itch'. I definitely need a page that explains that I won't spam your e-mail (you should get one and only one e-mail--the signup confirmation link), and how the software works, and how I secure your information. Like I said--early beta and I'm the only guy working on it.
For the last year, I had dreams of 'making it big' (there are a few companies out there who get sorta close to what I have, and they charge $3-$5 per install), but lately I've been thinking about open sourcing it so people can self-host as well as a paid version in case you don't want to self-host.
Additionally, I personally would be nervous about installing closed-source software on my computer. I just need to find the time to clean up some of the code, document it, write a README, and release the components. ;)