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VNC Security - xDamox - 2006-01-10
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?
VNC Security - znx - 2006-01-10
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).
VNC Security - hijinks - 2006-01-11
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 :)
VNC Security - xDamox - 2006-01-11
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 :)
VNC Security - anyweb - 2006-01-11
heres the howto
vnc over ssh > [/url][url=<___base_url___>/index.php?showtopic=615][/url][url=<___base_url___>/index.php?showtopic=615]https://www.linux-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=615
cheers
anyweb