> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello Bruce, > > Thanks for reply. I had looked at the link to using SSH but > thought that only had to do with encrypting the traffic > during VNC session, and not with making it harder for someone > to hack a VNC server that's listening on the internet? > > Having the SSH encryption is not a bad idea, though, I'll > look further into it. But will it add a layer to stop > someone with a VNC Viewer getting a response from my > machine's VNC server? That's really what I want to block. I > want the viewer to have to know more than just the display > number in order to get a crack at my password. > > Again, thank you for your reply and hint about SSH. > > Sue
When you set up your firewall you would only need to allow traffic on the SSH port and not the VNC port. That way you have to be authenticated by SSH (password, key-based, whatever). You then can use SSH's tunneling to make an encrypted VNC connection. This way VNC is never directly exposed to the Internet, only SSH. -- William Hooper _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
