On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Tim Waugh wrote:
> It means that anyone who is on the path that the TCP/IP packets take
> through the Internet can do bad things. So for instance, if you are
> using cable, anyone on the same segment as you could observe what you
> are doing, if they felt the need.
One should note howeve that many, if not all cable modems feature some
kind of encryption. For example the one I used, made by Motorola, used
tripple DES.
> Basically, 'raw' VNC on the Internet is a bad idea.
Especially in educational environments where computing power is easily
accessible and there are a lot of intelligent people with lots of time on
their hands.
Tom
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