TeamViewer
TeamViewer is a proprietary computer software package for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers.
- More than 200,000,000 Users spread over more than 200 countries already use TeamViewer - when will you start?
- TeamViewer is ready to use, right after downloading! Download, execute, and get started! - Your first session will start in less than a minute.
- Commercial users are welcome to use these downloads for trial purposes. TeamViewer is free for all non-commercial users!
Features
Versions are available for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows RT, Windows Phone 8 andBlackBerry operating systems. It is also possible to access a machine running TeamViewer with a web browser. While the main focus of the application is remote control of computers, collaboration and presentation features are included.
TeamViewer can be used without charge by non-commercial users, and Business, Premium and Corporate versions are available.
TeamViewer GmbH was founded in 2005 in Uhingen, Germany. UK-based private equity firm Permira acquired TeamViewer GmbH fromDurham, North Carolina-based software developer GFI Software in 2014.[11] The company also hosts an online backup cloud service called Airbackup.
Establishing connections
TeamViewer may be installed with an installation procedure, although the 'Quick Support' version will run without installation.[13] To connect to another computer, TeamViewer has to be running on both machines. To install TeamViewer, administrator access is required, but once installed it can be run by any user. When TeamViewer is started on a computer, it generates a partner ID and password (user-defined passwords are also supported). To establish a connection between a local client and a remote client, TeamViewer generated ID and password of either client are required. The local client requires the remote client's ID and password to gain control over the remote client, whereas the remote client requires the local client's ID and password to gain control over the local client.
To start an online meeting, the presenter gives the Meeting ID to the participants. They join the meeting by using the TeamViewer full version or by logging on to http://go.teamviewer.com/ and entering the Meeting ID. It is also possible to schedule a meeting in advance.
Security
TeamViewer uses RSA private/public key exchange (2048-bit) and AES (256-bit) session encryption.
In the default configuration, TeamViewer uses one of the servers of TeamViewer.com to start the connection and the routing of traffic between the local client and the remote host machine. The software then determines how to establish a connection. In 70% of the cases, after the handshake a direct connection via UDP or TCP is established; the other connections are routed through TeamViewer GmbH's router network (via TCP or HTTP-tunneling).
