If the device is behind firewall and VPN, short of back door, is it still a security concern?
JetKVM – Control any computer remotely
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#162I know this might sound naive but for those of us who had to google kvm here mean keyboard video and mouse, not the linux kernel-based virtual machine kvm this device apparently is used to connect to machines remotely over IP
I'm mildly confused as to the value over, say RustDesk. The latter allows remote control of external machines and has ip hole punching .. no hardware involved! Any takes here?
The advantage of KVMs like this is that it's a remove keyboard, video device, and mouse. That means that you can use it before the OS has started
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#165>Join our Discord Nothing instils faith in a product like using a gaming chatroom populated by tweens for communication.
Are you aware how expensive community slack can be these days? Between this and some old school community support forum i personally pick discord
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#166>Join our Discord Nothing instils faith in a product like using a gaming chatroom populated by tweens for communication.
Are you aware how expensive community slack can be these days? Between this and some old school community support forum i personally pick discord
Support forums are ten-times better than either Slack or Discord and offer more control, they're also searchable and archivable.
I don't think it's a stretch to say people who prefer Discord to forums are the type who sign in with Google or Facebook on all websites that offer it.
Re: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely
#167I know this might sound naive but for those of us who had to google kvm here mean keyboard video and mouse, not the linux kernel-based virtual machine kvm this device apparently is used to connect to machines remotely over IP
The virtualization KVM is the new kid to the block. Back in the day the best way to get multiple machines controlled was to just have multiple machines sharing the same monitor, keyboard and mouse.
100% agree! And I'm pretty sure the Linux community had many more (hardware) KVM users than the general population. Kernel-based virtualization should've been abbreviated KbVM.
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#168Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think products like JetKVM are targeting hobbyists and small outfits; corporations who aren't on a public cloud are using stuff like idrac, ilo, or dedicated rackmount KVM hardware.
Thanks, needed a good laugh. Putting a BMC or KVM on the Internet is hilariously unwise. No need worry about dodgy remote desktop software — the attackers will be able to back door the firmware! (Yes, iLO verifies firmware signatures… but yes they’ve had horrific vulnerabilities, worse than nightmares).
You don't put these devices on the public internet! You use Wireguard to control access. Think Tailscale or similar.
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#169Provenance and trust are relevant for a remote KVM. But I can't find any information on their Web site about who runs the JetKVM company, not even a partial name or handle of anyone, nor even what country they are in. Which seems odd for how much this product needs to be trusted. Searching elsewhere, other than the company Web site... Crunchbase for JetKVM shows 2 people, who it says are based in Berlin, and who also…
It does share similarity to a rebranded Sipeed NanoKVM model already sold in China. Would have to dump the flash with proper tooling, and load up a clean OS on a blank chip to even begin checking for issues. Mostly, these gadgets are purposely built like garbage for a number of reasons. If I needed a DIY KVM install for a home-theater, I'd just setup a https://pikvm.org/ install. =) https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm/
The firmware is open source and you can compile and flash your own. You can even run your own version of their cloud access offering
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#170I might be missing something, but what does this do that an app like AnyDesk doesn't? Is there something inherently better about remoting in with dedicated hardware rather than using any of the free and widely available software solutions? I can see where this would make sense for low powered machines that can't easily encode video at high speeds / low latency, but I struggle to see the sense of this in a context whe…
> what does this do that an app like AnyDesk doesn't Work when the network config on that particular computer is down/borked.
or allow you to do a fresh OS install.