Sumanth, Please make sure you're running the latest VNC Free Edition release (or the latest VNC Enterprise or Personal Edition if you prefer!) on your server. This addresses a security issue in versions 4.1 & 4.1.1 that could allow unauthorised remote access to the server.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sumanth > Sent: 22 February 2007 19:35 > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: VNC server log files? > > Hi, > I have a VNC server running on my laptop(windows xp). Is > there a log file > for vnc server that logs all the attempted connections by vnc > clients? I am > seeing since last week that someone(vnc client) is trying to > connect my vnc > server. I have now disabled auto-logins, but I would like to > know the ip > address of the machine that is trying to connect me. I did > see a window pop in > requesting me to grant or deny connection for about 5 > seconds. I could not > note down complete ip address. > > All this is because.. someone(vnc client) did > connect to my server without my authorization. I do have a password > authentication to log in but somehow this offered no > protection. I only > noticed that when I saw VNC taskbar different(darker > background). A log file > with all connections granted, denied and attempted will be > very helpful. > Thanks, > Sumanth > ______________________________________________________________ > _______________ > _______ > 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time > with the Yahoo! Search > movie showtime shortcut. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news > _______________________________________________ > 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
