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    Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect

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    • YlianY
      Ylian
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      Published Meshcentral v0.2.6-j with support for two-factor login using Google Authentication or any compatible app. Also, if an SMTP server is setup, the server will now require email verification before you can create a device group. This way, users don't start adding devices without a password recovery option. Lastly, did a bunch of improvements when the server is running with Windows domain authentication.

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        scottalanmiller @Ylian
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        @Ylian awesome

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          black3dynamite @Ylian
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          @Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

          Published Meshcentral v0.2.6-j with support for two-factor login using Google Authentication or any compatible app. Also, if an SMTP server is setup, the server will now require email verification before you can create a device group. This way, users don't start adding devices without a password recovery option. Lastly, did a bunch of improvements when the server is running with Windows domain authentication.

          That's awesome

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          • YlianY
            Ylian
            last edited by Ylian

            MeshCentral trick: Set a session secret in the config.json like this:

            {
              "settings": {
                "SessionTime": 60,
                "SessionKey": "MyReallySecretPassword"
              }
            }
            

            This way, when the server restarts/updates, you don't need to log back in each time. By default, the session secret is generated on server start so everyone needs to login again because browser cookies can't be decoded anymore.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Ylian
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              @Ylian cool, good to know!

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                Updating to 0.2.6-k now.

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                • YlianY
                  Ylian @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller 0.2.6-k fixes a nasty bug in the MeshAgent that caused data corruption when lots of data was flowing at a high rate. The big deal about that release is that you can now do RDP over the Internet using the ClickOnce application. You need Windows on both sides to do it + Use IE or a ClickOnce add-in for FireFox/Chrome. Hit the "RDP" link at the bottom of a device page to trigger it.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @Ylian
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                    @Ylian any way to get that working with Linux on the "support" side?

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @Ylian
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                      @Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                      @scottalanmiller 0.2.6-k fixes a nasty bug in the MeshAgent that caused data corruption when lots of data was flowing at a high rate. The big deal about that release is that you can now do RDP over the Internet using the ClickOnce application. You need Windows on both sides to do it + Use IE or a ClickOnce add-in for FireFox/Chrome. Hit the "RDP" link at the bottom of a device page to trigger it.

                      RDP versus what? What is used otherwise?

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                        @Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                        @scottalanmiller 0.2.6-k fixes a nasty bug in the MeshAgent that caused data corruption when lots of data was flowing at a high rate. The big deal about that release is that you can now do RDP over the Internet using the ClickOnce application. You need Windows on both sides to do it + Use IE or a ClickOnce add-in for FireFox/Chrome. Hit the "RDP" link at the bottom of a device page to trigger it.

                        RDP versus what? What is used otherwise?

                        No, you are missing the point. This is unrelated to the normal remote access. This is an additional RDP proxy system. ScreenConnect offers it, too.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          The RDP is an end to end RDP system. Used for convenience and security versus raw RDP.

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                          • CloudKnightC
                            CloudKnight
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                            Another false positive, I have sent a false positive report to avast regarding this.

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                            • YlianY
                              Ylian @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller I think RDP support on Linux would be possible if I added Guacamole within MeshCentral. Even on Windows, ClickOnce is not friendly, causes anti-virus warnings and may go away.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @Ylian
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                                @Ylian said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                @scottalanmiller I think RDP support on Linux would be possible if I added Guacamole within MeshCentral. Even on Windows, ClickOnce is not friendly, causes anti-virus warnings and may go away.

                                That would be cool, but what about just allowing Reminna or some such to connect?

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  Although I'd probably prefer Guacamole to that myself 🙂

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    RDP is more for testing than anything.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      Updated to 0.2.6-n just now.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        And now 0.2.6-o on the weekend 🙂

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          Just updated to 0.2.6-p!

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                                          • dafyreD
                                            dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

                                            Just updated to 0.2.6-p!

                                            I can't keep up, lol. I just rebuild it any time I think about it, lol.

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