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Date:      Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:19:48 -0700
From:      erk! <tapeworm@insekta.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tridiavnc security info?
Message-ID:  <20020911211948.5a2627c9.tapeworm@insekta.org>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020912123436.03b4dec0@pop.ozemail.com.au>
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:40:22 +1000
Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> AFAIK, all passwords used to connect to VNC are in the clear, so I tunnel 
> my VNC client through an ssh session.
> 
>          WinNT (work)                                            client machine
>          VNC Client ---> PuTTY -----> internet -----> Unix box -----> VNC 
> Server
> 
> This is really only worth doing if your VNC session is going over the 
> internet.  For internal stufff, I wouldn't worry.  Use one of the firewalls 
> included in FreeBSD to protect that box.

Sounds good.. I was planning to run it through SSH, anyhow, or at least SSL (which i seem to recall seeing that VNC Pro supports), but i'll go the SSH route if at all possible.  As for the firewall, i've had IPFW up since day 1.

Thanks for the info, though.

- erik

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