VNC Security

[xDamox]

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?

[znx]

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).

[hijinks]

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 :)

[xDamox]

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 :)

[anyweb]

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