Ptuuuuaaannng. He just hit the BULLSEYE! Jerry
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 19:04, Bruce Douglas wrote: > hi... > > new to vnc.. so bear with me.... > > isn't this what SSH is supposed to address... > > Bruce > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: VNC Viewer and Server, and port numbers/display numbers > > > I run PCAnywhere in something of a 'stealth' configuration, with encryptions > and cryptic passwords, etc. to make it as difficult a possible for someone > to hack my home PC while it is listening on the internet for my connection. > > Once in awhile PCAnywhere hangs and I can't get back in. That's where VNC > is handy, because I can usually get in to my PC and fix whatever is wrong > with the PCAnywhere host. > > I have VNC server listening on a non-standard and high port number, and also > have a large display number configured. I have a very cryptic password as > well. > > I feel like this is still a very insecure setup exposed to the net, because > VNCViewer only needs to be told the display number, it doesn't have to be > told the port number to connect to. The display numbers aren't very big > numbers, so it wouldn't take a hacker long to loop through them all and find > the one I'm using. Then crack my password and he is into my PC. > > Are there any plans to be able to configure VNCServer such that VNCViewer > must also know the port number, in addition to the display number, before it > can connect? That would help the security quite a bit I think. > > If there is a way to do this now, I would like to know. I've looked through > the online documentation but did not see anything to prevent VNCViewer from > connecting unless it knows the port number too. > > Sorry for a long email, thank you for your time. > > Regards, > Sue Morton > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
