Yes, I've experimented. It doesn't take too much to get the daemon responding again (though I can't remember the exact details of how). Is there a way to make ssh mandatory?
Fred ------------------------------------------- Fred Ma Department of Electronics Carleton University, Mackenzie Building 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1S 5B6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] =========================================== > > Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 15:33:28 -0500 > From: Paul Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Security Risk? > > Well I know the VNC daemon will lock you out (possibly for a time limit??) > after several (maybe 5) bad password attempts... > > - -----Original Message----- > From: Shing-Fat Fred Ma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Security Risk? > > I use ssh to establish a connection to the remote LAN, > using Stajano's method, > > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshwin.html > > This gets me encryption, but I don't see how this prevents > others from brute force trying to connect to the server. > Could someone please enlighten me on this, or point me > to an informative page or thread? Thanks. > > Fred --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
