> I am looking at deploying VNC enterprise-wide, and have
> a question on shutting down VNC.
>
> The current configuration has AllowProperties and
> AllowShutdown set to 0, so that users can't change settings
> or shut down the software. However, it would be nice to
> be able to shut down the program. I can do this on NT
> machines with "winvnc -kill". This doesn't seem to work
> on Windows 9x PCs. I also tried "winvnc -remove" and that
> didn't work either. One other note... WinVNC is running
> as a service.
So you can shut down NT copies but not Win9x copies of WinVNC?
>
> Also, one quick question... is the password entry in the
> registry encrypted, or is it just a hex representation of
> the password?
It's encrypted to prevent casual disclosure. Unless the registry key has
appropriate security set on it, it's vulnerable.
Cheers,
James "Wez" Weatherall
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