He, he! That's why I'm using copssh to tunnel the connection and avoid eavesdroppers. ;-)
On Wednesday 18 October 2006 19:09, Garth A. Reid wrote: > Hi James, > > At the time of the two incidents, they were running the free version of > RealVNC. > > As they were working on their systems, the mouse cursor started moving and > clicking on things that the owner of the system wasn't doing. > > Since the first such incident, I've upgraded my system and two other > systems to VNC Personal Edition P4.2.6 and set a preference for encrypted. > For the system involved in the second incident, I've changed their free > edition to "Prompt local user to accept connections." They had another > attempt that they stopped by not accepting the connection. > > Please let me know if you need more information. > > Regards, > -g > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:50 AM > To: 'Garth A. Reid'; vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Passwords in VNC Personal Edition for Windows > > Hi Garth, > > When you sau "have had unexpected connections to their machines", can you > be more specific as to what exactly is happening? > > Are the affected systems running VNC Personal Edition P4.2.3 or newer? > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garth A. Reid > > Sent: 18 October 2006 17:57 > > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > > Subject: Passwords in VNC Personal Edition for Windows > > > > I understand that RealVNC doesn't pass the password from the Viewer to > > the Server in clear text. But I've had two instances where people I've > > set up with RealVNC have had unexpected connections to their machines. > > If these unauthorized users didn't pick up the passwords in clear text > > transmissions, then how did they manage to connect? It appears that > > they were able to get the password. > > > > Thanks, > > Garth > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > VNC-List@realvnc.com > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list -- Regards, Mick [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature] _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
