Passwords in VNC Personal Edition for Windows

[Mick]

He, he!  That's why I'm using copssh to tunnel the connection and avoid
eavesdroppers.  ;-)

On Wednesday 18 October 2006 19:09, Garth A. Reid wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> At the time of the two incidents, they were running the free version of
> RealVNC.
>
> As they were working on their systems, the mouse cursor started moving and
> clicking on things that the owner of the system wasn't doing.
>
> Since the first such incident, I've upgraded my system and two other
> systems to VNC Personal Edition P4.2.6 and set a preference for encrypted.
> For the system involved in the second incident, I've changed their free
> edition to "Prompt local user to accept connections." They had another
> attempt that they stopped by not accepting the connection.
>
> Please let me know if you need more information.
>
> Regards,
> -g
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Weatherall [mailto:jnw "at" realvnc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:50 AM
> To: 'Garth A. Reid'; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: Passwords in VNC Personal Edition for Windows
>
> Hi Garth,
>
> When you sau "have had unexpected connections to their machines", can you
> be more specific as to what exactly is happening?
>
> Are the affected systems running VNC Personal Edition P4.2.3 or newer?
>
> Regards,
>
> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com
> > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Garth A. Reid
> > Sent: 18 October 2006 17:57
> > To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > Subject: Passwords in VNC Personal Edition for Windows
> >
> > I understand that RealVNC doesn't pass the password from the Viewer to
> > the Server in clear text. But I've had two instances where people I've
> > set up with RealVNC have had unexpected connections to their machines.
> > If these unauthorized users didn't pick up the passwords in clear text
> > transmissions, then how did they manage to connect? It appears that
> > they were able to get the password.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Garth
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Regards,
Mick

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