I'm used RealVNC on a public computer, and found out an absolutely terrible thing. RealVNC by default stores all the IP addresses you type in there.
The worst thing is that I can't even deactivate that feature. After wasting 40 minutes going through all options, reading documentation, and searching on google, I still haven't found a way to erase the history of IP addresses I connected to. Deleting Identity is not enough. I found the registry keys where the IP addresses are stored, but on public computers I don't have access to the registry. I can run RealVNC, but cannot touch the registry. I can delete the RealVNC file, but once anyone saves and runs it again, he will immediately see my IP address. Despite my enormous respect and gratitude to RealVNC developers, I am absolutely pissed at them right now for creating such a terrible security trap. Especially because there's no way I could learn about this problem until it was too late. I would much appreciate if RealVNC developers or some expert users hepled fix this issue. Thank you.... P.S. If you think I'm exaggerating the problem.. think about it.. You advertise your IP address on a public computer, AND ALSO the fact that you run VNC server there. If you have static IP (say, cable internet), you will quite possibly have willing and able hackers going after your computer trying to guess your password. Just out of sheer boredom. Yes, I know, the password should be hard to guess. But do you really feel like making such a target of yourself?? _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
