Umm... sounds interesting.. maybe you need to restart the vncserver after the password change??
Also could someone take control of the desktop with something like backorifice or sub7 or some such thing? Imran On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 15:52, Ted Toporkov wrote: > is anyone aware of a backdoor in realvnc? i believe my vnc server was > breached, but im not sure why or how. luckily i got to my computer, > *hopefully* in time and disabled the service. i changed the password (just > slightly) and reenabled, and to my surprise, the person is controlling my > mouse again. so i disable the service and change the password completely. now > he was talkign to me on msn messenger, seemed like he was someone one of my > friends knew. i enabled the service with the really obscure password, since he > thought he could get in again. but this time he couldnt. so im still boggled > whether he was using a backdoor built into the service or if he was using a > brute forcing utility or if he somehow found out what my password was and was > able to guess the variation of the password the second time he logged in. i > would like to be able to secure my box, so such things dont happen again. > thanks. > > ted > _______________________________________________ > 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
