Existing users, 
The VNC server is more flexible than OSX integrated VNC server allowing client to connect using less than millions colors improving reactivity when connecting on a machine.
It has a lot of option and can be started from the command line which is nice if you don't want to have it running all the time. (you can log in through ssh to start it when needed)
The server is advertised on the website a a free product (only the viewer requires a license) but it is periodically trying to connect to the port 80 on my machine even though there is no update autocheck functionality...
Why on earth does it need to access port 80 for? This is an extremely upsetting and suspect behavior.... :-(
Vine Server
VNC server & viewer
Version: 3.1
Rock solid VNC server but....
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: Flinx Thursday, April 17 2008 @ 09:05 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
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Rock solid VNC server but.... - Flinx
Thank you for the head up.regards
Monday, June 02 2008 @ 08:04 AM PDT
Rock solid VNC server but.... - nemoinis
The answer to the "secretive" port 80 connection is there: http://www.redstonesoftware.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=917They use www.whatismyip.com to get your current external ip. There is something shady about that outfit - they're hiding their registration, connect to strange sites, etc... Better to use www.whatismyip.org, but the Vine Server does not set the User-Agent when making the request and so it is rejected.
Personally, I have a daily cron script that grabs my external IP address and stores it in /var/run/MyIpAddress
So I told VineServer to get it from there:
(the following is supposed to be on one line)
defaults write com.redstonesoftware.VineServer externalIPURL file:///var/run/MyIpAddress
For the curious, the daily cron script is this:
wget -U "Firefox" -O /var/run/MyIpAddress http://www.whatismyip.org
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Saturday, April 26 2008 @ 04:59 PM PDT