Sebastian: no. the default is to use encryption. But after updating vino (do not remember at which point), vino changed the security type to a new one (at least, I think); the connection stopped to work with the error reported above and the only solution to have it back was to disable encryption.
What I *suppose* happened is that the vino server upgraded the encryption algorithm and the clients have still to catch up; the problem is that there seems no way to say vino to use an old encryption --- it just works with the "type 18" or none. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vino in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1281250 Title: VNC accessible for Windows machines only with encryption disabled Status in GNOME Remote Desktop: Unknown Status in “vino” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “vino” source package in Trusty: Triaged Bug description: Since a recent update, it is impossible to connect to my Ubuntu box using VNC from a Windows machine unless I disable encryption on the vino server. I tested up-to-date tightVNC client and TigerVNC client on the Windows machine, with the same result. As soon I try to connect, I receive the following error: [ 5872/ 6448] 2014-01-20 12:11:18:247 List of security type is read [ 5872/ 6448] 2014-01-20 12:11:18:247 : Security Types received (1): Unknown type (18) [ 5872/ 6448] 2014-01-20 12:11:18:247 Selecting auth-handler [ 5872/ 6448] 2014-01-20 12:11:18:247 + RemoteViewerCore. Exception: No security types supported. Server sent security types, but we do not support any of their. So it seems that the update changed the security type of vino to a new one. I searched for a way to go back to the old one (until the clients catches up) with no avail. A solution is disabling the encryption completely, by gsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false ...but this is subotpimal. Is there a way to switch the encryption back to the old one? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/vino/+bug/1281250/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
