Thanks again for your help and advice! Phil On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 7:24 PM 'DRC' via TurboVNC User Discussion/Support < turbovnc-users@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> My bad. permitted-security-types is the correct directive for > /etc/turbovncserver-security.conf. You can also set the $securityTypes > variable in /etc/turbovncserver.conf or ~/.vnc/turbovncserver.conf. The > difference in the two approaches is that permitted-security-types in > /etc/turbovncserver-security.conf specifies a set of allowed security > types, and a security type cannot be enabled on the command line or in > turbovncserver.conf unless it is allowed. > > Refer to the User’s Guide for a description of the various security types. > Yes, VNC is unencrypted and uses VNC password authentication. The default > security type is TLSVnc, so VNC will behave like the default, just without > built-in encryption. > > On Apr 5, 2024, at 8:02 PM, Phil Marsh <p...@carbonicsinc.com> wrote: > > Thanks for your advice! > It appears that > Put ‘SecurityTypes=None’ in /etc/turbovncserver-security.conf on the host. > gives a syntax error. > I did download and install > > https://github.com/TurboVNC/turbovnc/blob/main/unix/turbovncserver-security.conf > to /etc > and added the line: > permitted-security-types = VNC > Does that remove encryption from all clients which connect to this host > via TurboVNC? > Thanks > > On Monday, April 1, 2024 at 8:55:57 PM UTC-6 DRC wrote: > >> Multiple ways: >> >> 1. Pass ‘-securitytypes vnc’ on the command line when starting the viewer >> (e.g. ‘/opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncviewer -securitytypes vnc’ or ‘“c:\program >> files\turbovnc\vncviewer.bat” -securitytypes vnc’.) >> >> 2. Pass ‘-securitytypes vnc’ on the command line with starting the server >> (e.g. ‘/opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver -securitytypes vnc’.) >> >> 3. Disable the encrypted security types under the “Security” tab of the >> TurboVNC Viewer Options dialog in the TurboVNC Viewer. (Note that the >> viewer stores options independently for each host.) >> >> 4. Put ‘SecurityTypes=vnc’ in /etc/turbovncserver-security.conf on the >> host. >> >> 5. Put ‘SecurityTypes=vnc’ in ~/.vnc/default.turbovnc on the client. >> >> You could also replace ‘vnc’ with ‘otp’ to use a one-time password >> instead of a permanent VNC password or ‘none’ to use no authentication at >> all (not recommended if the network or host are shared.) >> >> On Apr 1, 2024, at 10:27 PM, Phil Marsh <ph...@carbonicsinc.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I was wondering how to disable encryption for a TurboVNC connections on >> my LAN. >> I'm running Ubuntu 22.04. >> I would like to disable encryption because I trust my LAN's security and >> encryption reduces connection speed while adding very little security. >> Also, for remote connections from the internet, I tunnel TurboVNC through >> an OpenVPN connection which is already secure and encrypted. Again, here >> additional encryption will just slow down the connection without adding >> much security. >> Thanks in advance! >> Phil >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TurboVNC User Discussion/Support" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to turbovnc-user...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/turbovnc-users/afa6666c-bf41-48a8-8722-193ac20edbbbn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/turbovnc-users/afa6666c-bf41-48a8-8722-193ac20edbbbn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TurboVNC User Discussion/Support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to turbovnc-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/turbovnc-users/5b2a616a-668c-44eb-9dd9-f1a1cd210195n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/turbovnc-users/5b2a616a-668c-44eb-9dd9-f1a1cd210195n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TurboVNC User Discussion/Support" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/turbovnc-users/ekK9b4g_Zqg/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > turbovnc-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/turbovnc-users/4E081690-22F3-4468-935B-6210BA96256B%40virtualgl.org > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/turbovnc-users/4E081690-22F3-4468-935B-6210BA96256B%40virtualgl.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboVNC User Discussion/Support" group. 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