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An open-source, self-hosted remote desktop solution can be more secure.

by rustdesk 2y ago

Rinzler89 2y ago
Will you start writing one?
- josephcsible 2y ago
  Look at the profile of the person you replied to.
- GaryNumanVevo 2y ago
  Well what a coincidence, the person you're replying to has done precisely that! https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
  - miles 2y ago
    RustDesk Installs Chinese Root Certificates (4 months ago, 68 points, 19 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39256493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39256493
    - GaryNumanVevo 2y ago
      I don't think this is the "gotcha" you think it is. 1. The developer isn't Chinese, he's Singaporean. The "Chinese" found in the cert path was literally gibberish, most likely garbled unicode. 2. They were using a dev cert for a virtual video driver, which they're working on getting proper signing from MSFT and also have a workaround virtual driver in the mean time. https://x.com/rustdesk/status/1781263566504653052 https://x.com/rustdesk/status/1781263566504653052
      - miles 2y ago
        > I don't think this is the "gotcha" you think it is. Sorry it came across as a "gotcha"; just meant as a potentially-relevant HN post from a few months ago in the spirit of sharing and curiosity. But digging a bit further, I did find a few HN comments from two years ago that may be worth considering; pizza234's "I personally discourage people from using this software."[1] and proto_lambda's "If this is the kind of thing that's considered acceptable by the developer, I'd rather keep their products far away from my machines."[2] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31457238 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31457238 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31456522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31456522
DreamFlasher 2y ago
Is there one that supports MS RDP or FreeRDP? For me that would be quite an improvement, if the people who need support don't need to install anything and it's built-in in their OS. The other issue with RDP/FreeRDP/TeamViewer alternatives for me is that people are behind routers with dynamic IPs, and certainly not capable of setting up a dynds server or firewall settings or port forwarding. So TeamViewer-like ID system + RDP in open source?
mharig 2y ago
Anywhere Windows binary? My mother and her dog cannot build from source. But I appreciate your work.
voidwtf 2y ago
Agreed, unfortunately it's difficult to get purchase in a lot of companies because they don't want to be responsible for the security of the solution, and they don't want to be responsible for the maintenance of the solution. It's another form of corporate CYA, at the end of the day they just want to be able to point the blame for any security breaches towards someone else. Love that you've been creating an alternative to the commercial, close-source, solutions!

An open-source, self-hosted remote desktop solution can be more secure.

Rinzler89 2y ago

Will you start writing one?

josephcsible 2y ago
Look at the profile of the person you replied to.
GaryNumanVevo 2y ago
Well what a coincidence, the person you're replying to has done precisely that! https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
- miles 2y ago
  RustDesk Installs Chinese Root Certificates (4 months ago, 68 points, 19 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39256493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39256493
  - GaryNumanVevo 2y ago
    I don't think this is the "gotcha" you think it is. 1. The developer isn't Chinese, he's Singaporean. The "Chinese" found in the cert path was literally gibberish, most likely garbled unicode. 2. They were using a dev cert for a virtual video driver, which they're working on getting proper signing from MSFT and also have a workaround virtual driver in the mean time. https://x.com/rustdesk/status/1781263566504653052 https://x.com/rustdesk/status/1781263566504653052
    - miles 2y ago
      > I don't think this is the "gotcha" you think it is. Sorry it came across as a "gotcha"; just meant as a potentially-relevant HN post from a few months ago in the spirit of sharing and curiosity. But digging a bit further, I did find a few HN comments from two years ago that may be worth considering; pizza234's "I personally discourage people from using this software."[1] and proto_lambda's "If this is the kind of thing that's considered acceptable by the developer, I'd rather keep their products far away from my machines."[2] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31457238 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31457238 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31456522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31456522

DreamFlasher 2y ago

Is there one that supports MS RDP or FreeRDP? For me that would be quite an improvement, if the people who need support don't need to install anything and it's built-in in their OS. The other issue with RDP/FreeRDP/TeamViewer alternatives for me is that people are behind routers with dynamic IPs, and certainly not capable of setting up a dynds server or firewall settings or port forwarding. So TeamViewer-like ID system + RDP in open source?

mharig 2y ago

Anywhere Windows binary? My mother and her dog cannot build from source. But I appreciate your work.

voidwtf 2y ago

Agreed, unfortunately it's difficult to get purchase in a lot of companies because they don't want to be responsible for the security of the solution, and they don't want to be responsible for the maintenance of the solution. It's another form of corporate CYA, at the end of the day they just want to be able to point the blame for any security breaches towards someone else. Love that you've been creating an alternative to the commercial, close-source, solutions!