VNC, VPN, and All That Jazz

[Kurt Wall]

On Tuesday 15 February 2005 20:58, Michael Hipp enlightened us thusly:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Kurt Wall wrote:
> >>Today's silly question:
> >>
> >>What is the difference between VNC and VPN? Or, are they related?
> >
> > VNC is a means of implimenting a VPN.
>
> The only VNC that comes to mind is Virtual Network Computing like
> TightVNC. VNC is a remote GUI display tool. VPN is something you
> might run that or anything else over the Internet to keep it away
> from prying eyes.

There's also RealVNC (http://www.realvnc.com/), a company formed by some 
of the guys at AT&T that created the VNC spec of the original GPLed VNC 
software. I'm starting to understand. An AT&T paper I read described 
VNC as "a remote display protocol."

Thanks,

Kurt