Aday, See http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html
Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: Aday [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 February 2007 12:57 > To: 'James Weatherall' > Subject: RE: Security: Partial Passwords > > Ahhhh, ok, would make sense > Couldn't find any mention of it but .. ok :) > > ~ Aday > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of James Weatherall > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:35 PM > To: 'Aday'; vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: Security: Partial Passwords > > Aday, > > This is a well-known (see http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html) > limitation of the > classic VNC Password authentication scheme. This was > necessary because when > we were first developing VNC, many Unix platforms would > return no more than > eight characters from getpasswd(), with no indication that > what the user > typed had been truncated! > > Cheers, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aday > > Sent: 23 February 2007 08:25 > > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > > Subject: Security: Partial Passwords > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > It doesn't look like RealVNC is aware however, in 4.1.2 > > (Unsure about other > > versions, not that anyone should be using them anyway :P) > > Say your password is set to: vncrealtest (as that is a 11 > > character password > > - it seems the last 3 characters are affected) > > It seems this sometimes depends on the number of characters > > in a password, > > this was tested on 3 different computers, all running 4.1.2. > > > > Now set your client to access the VNC server - then instead > > of typing the > > FULL password, only leave off the last 3 letters/numbers. > > > > So, password: vncrealt <-- will let you in without the FULL > password, > > also, if you stick literally ANYTHING after the password, like: > > vncrealtomghaxhaxhax > > That will let you in also. > > > > Just a heads up > > > > ~ Aday > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
