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Hi all,

 

I have a question, I will be setting VNC up for someone to use on a Linux server, but the admin

that he currently has said not to use VNC as it is not secure?

 

So I want to ask if there are any alternitaves to VNC, or how could you improve the security

I was thinking about using iptables to only allow an IP to connect to VNC but I am

open to opinions ;)

 

I am looking into having ssh encrypt the traffic. but any other methods?

ive only ever secured it with ssh, i know that tightvnc is better at what is does (des key transfer for the password, plaintext then though).

Quote:ive only ever secured it with ssh, i know that tightvnc is better at what is does (des key transfer for the password, plaintext then though).
 

anyweb wrote a howto on tunneling vnc through a ssh tunnel.. search for it.. i am far too lazy.. that is a great option to adding a security layer to vnc :)


Hi,

 

Yea I am going to go ahead with SSH, I think the other technican was trying to put

him off VNC maybe because he could not set it up?? not sure why.

 

Thanks for both your input :)