VNC Payload

[eip at tampabay.rr.com (eip)]

The server is running in VMWare 4.5 on a WinXP Host system. The host is a
3.2 Ghz w 2G RAM. The Win2K server is configured with 512 RAM.

The Metasploit command shell is also sluggish with the VNC.

eip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carric Dooley" <carric at com2usa.com>
To: "Israel Torres" <itorres at litronic.com>
Cc: "'eip'" <eip at tampabay.rr.com>; <framework at metasploit.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:14 PM
Subject: RE: [framework] VNC Payload


> I had just assumed the latency was an issue due to the "cut down" version
> packaged with MS. I have run this against a few machines of varying types,
> both servers and workstations, and it seems fairly consistent.  I figured
> it's not fast, but it sure is nice to have a desktop!!. I am surprised to
> hear that anyone is having a different experience.
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Israel Torres wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Do you have specs of the machine? I've run it in a vmware session on a
p4
> > 2.8/256MB and it runs nicely (read: not sluggish)... how is your cmd
session
> > in comparison? Perhaps you need to beef up your hardware memory? Just a
> > thought.
> >
> > Israel
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: eip [mailto:eip at tampabay.rr.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 3:49 PM
> > To: framework at metasploit.com
> > Subject: [framework] VNC Payload
> >
> >
> > I have been using the VNC payload against a Win2K server (no patches) in
> > VMWare. The VNC session is very sluggish. I checked the CPU and it is
almost
> > idle. Is anyone else having this problem?
> >
> >
> > eip
>
> -- 
> Carric Dooley
> COM2:Interactive Media
> http://www.com2usa.com