Yes. However, on the market in Australia, people think that afirewalls fix all. They do not. Most people that i know in the industry have a personal firewall. 90% do not know how to configure them. Most of them do not know what NAT is either, butg this is a seperate story.
-----Original Message----- From: cjmiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:17:48 +1100 Subject: RE: Who is connected > I agree with the writer who thought leaving a VNC m/c on-line was the > whole > reason for using VNC and can only suggest a stronger approach to > user-id / > password procedures to protect your network. > > The thought of a firewall offering protection is amusing, so many > people > think that installing a firewall protects them. A port scan of the > external > interface will identify any VNC services active on the network and you > are > then in just the same situation as having the VNC server present > without the > firewall. > > You just have to face facts, if you give yourself access you are open > to > everyone who fancies themselves a hacker. > > Colin Miller > > 0408 403 029 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
