Is the list going through this argument again? Do you really think it would be so hard for the mystical "cracker" to compile a version of VNC without the tray icon? Hell, for that matter included the VNC functionality inside their own program? Come on it is GPL software, anyone could recompile disabling anything they want. Once you can run a program on someone else's machine you own it VNC or no VNC.
-- William Hooper Ifyoucanreadthisyouspendtoomuchtimefiguringouttaglines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme Chinnery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:22 PM Subject: Re: Preventing shutdown, was: Hiding the VNC Tray Icon > Now all we need to do is fool someone into installing it some how and we have a > perfect trojan to access there machine!! > > AND guess what!! no anti virus program will detect it coz its a legitimate program! > > Personally I think this is a very bad situation and branch for these programs to be > taking as the potential for miss use and abuse is total open, and someone out there > WILL use these programs to this end and totally ruin all the good work be done so > far by the people writing the code. > > Like I said that's my opinion only and I hope it never happens, but I an not silly > enough to think it won't. > > Graeme. > > "W. Brian Blevins" wrote: > > > Dan, > > > > You can prevent shutdown in all of the major VNC distributions without > > completely disabling the tray icon(s). > > > > In TridiaVNC: > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default] > > "AllowShutdown"=dword:00000000 > > > > In TridiaVNC Pro: > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TridiaVNC\WinVNC3\Default] > > "AllowShutdown"=dword:00000000 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TVNCPro] > > "disableShutdown"=dword:00000001 > > > > Now, if you require a completely stealth connection, then further > > measures are needed, including the removal of the tray icons: > > > > In TridiaVNC: > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3] > > "DisableTrayIcon"=dword:00000001 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default] > > "BeepConnect"=dword:00000000 > > "BeepDisconnect"=dword:00000000 > > > > In TridiaVNC Pro: > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TridiaVNC\WinVNC3] > > "DisableTrayIcon"=dword:00000001 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TridiaVNC\WinVNC3\Default] > > "BeepConnect"=dword:00000000 > > "BeepDisconnect"=dword:00000000 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TVNCPro] > > "disableTrayIcon"=dword:00000001 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Tridia\TVNCPro\Processor] > > "disableWallpaper"=dword:00000000 > > "disableActiveDesktop"=dword:00000000 > > "disablePattern"=dword:00000000 > > "disableFontSmoothing"=dword:00000000 > > "disableDragFullWindows"=dword:00000000 > > > > You may wish to combine the options for preventing shutdown with > > the ones for disabling the tray icons. That way a sophisticated > > user will have more trouble killing the application manually. > > > > Brian > > > > > Message: 18 > > > From: "Daniel Wilkins" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Hiding the VNC Tray Icon > > > Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:33:12 +0100 > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > David Howe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Wrote on Wed Oct 9 13:20:01 2002 > > > > > > >> Hi All, > > > >> There is a Registry key to allow you to disable the VNC icon > > > >> from showing, information is at > > > http://www.sysworksoft.net/support/vnctips.html#1 we need > > > >> to do this to stop users from disconnecting us mid-session and from > > > getting > > > >> information about their IP address so readily. > > > > > > <snip> > > > > The cleanest way to disable the "kill connections" functionality is to take > > > it off the menu! > > > > use ResHacker on the binary to strip out the menu options you don't want the > > > users to have. > > > > of course, if the real reason you don't want the icon to be there is so the > > > users don't know you > > > > are connected, you can do that too - the "connected" black icon is an icon > > > resource that can > > > > be overwritten to be the same as the white "unconnected" icon. This is > > > frowned upon though - > > > > and may be actually illegal in some countries where watching employees > > > without their > > > > knowledge is in breach of the law (the UK is one such). > > > > > > I work in a school, and wish to implement VNC as soon as possible, mainly to > > > make my life easier with its remote administration capabilities. I too wish to > > > hide the tray icon, to prevent pupils from closing the program. We have an old > > > version of NetOp installed on most machines (but in the rebadged form of RM > > > Tutor). Surely its not illegal in schools too to watch pupils without their > > > knowledge? Mainly its to protect them, making sure they aren't accessing porn > > > or in chat rooms, and if they are, those sites can then be blocked. RM Tutor > > > lets teachers watch pupils without their knowledge, and has no tray icon etc. > > > The link above only applies to NT. The majority of our clients are Win98 with > > > about a quarter running W2K Pro. > > > > > > So, if anyone can send me the relevant reg keys etc I need to change to hide > > > the tray icon I'd be very grateful. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Dan W. > > > > > > > -- > > Brian > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > TridiaVNC Pro: finally, affordable remote control! > > http://www.TridiaVNCPro.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > Tridia's Mission: To always exceed our customers' expectations by > > providing > > the absolute best software products backed by outstanding technical > > support > > and customer service. Please let us know how we are doing: > > brian . blevins @ tridia.com or ceo-hotline @ tridia.com. > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > -- > "The two most common elements in the Universe are Hydrogen...and Stupidity." -Harlan > Ellison > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
