*if you like piracy

China bans encryption and doesn’t allow you to use anything to thwart surveillance. I can’t say I want that in a remote access tool.

Just lookup “Rustdesk controversy”

Maybe meshcentral?

It depends on what you are trying to do. You also could do something like Tailscale + TightVNC

We need an alternative

For what its worth it does have a great UI

To add on:

• There is no transparency about who is behind it. It just a Github account called “Rustdesk.” It could be a real company in Singapore or it could be some guy in China as people have speculated.

• The Rustdesk software needs way more permissions than necessary. This became evident with the flatpak as they did sandbox escapes which prevented them from being on flathub

• The Rustdesk distribution is entirely centralize release server run by Rustdesk. They could easily push out malware to lots of devices.

• They have done some sketchy things in the past. One of the things they did was quietly switch Linux desktops back to X11.

• The Rustdesk system is not terribly resistant to brute forcing. The weak password means they someone could try every combination.

• Rustdesk docker deployment docker compose exposes all ports on the host. This is minor but it could lead to a sandbox excape.

• Rustdesk servers keep getting hosted in countries that have freedom problems such as China and Russia.

DO NOT USE THIS

This is a massive security risk and they have had so much controversy. They also routinely delete Github issues and discussions that question them. To top it off they are likely Chinese run.

Wouldn’t you want at least some TCP?

The UI is cleaner

It uses UDP so I have my doubts

It should be supported on anything made in the last 5 years

Why can’t you play games with DXVK?

That’s not POSIX

You probably want Peap. I don’t belieave you can’t do EAP by itself. Go to your schools help page for the correct information.

Also since you are on Lemmy.zip, I do run a Linux question community !Linuxquestions@lemmy.zip

Can Wireguard to NAT traversal? Let’s say I have a publicly facing server A and then two devices B and C behind two separate nats. Can B reach C directly via hole punching by A?

Chromebooks are low cost and easy to manage. Unless it is for a highly specific use I wouldn’t be surprised if a school was all Chromebooks and Chromeboxes.

Also there is a public high school full of expensive macs? That’s wild

It isn’t invulnerable

Get someone with strong IT knowledge. Don’t try to do it yourself as it will backfire.

Compression?