(I'm new to VNC...)

Is there a setting to make sure that browser access to a VNC server via the 
internet is blocked?

Thanks,

Kyle


At 11:15 AM 3/20/01 -0600, you wrote:
>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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