Tom, Wanted to make sure you saw this one. Everybody gets so hung up on thinking "IP" that one can totally forget about the mask (the 255.255.255.0 thing).
JP ----- Original Message ----- From: "hungerburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:55 AM Subject: Re: Security Was: Yay, for the first time, vince is working for me. > > From: "John E. Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Security Was: Yay, for the first time, vince is working for me. > > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:15:52 -0500 > > > > I GET YOUR POINT, ALL OF YOU. IT'S NOT SECURE. NOW GO AWAY AND LET US GO > > BACK TO SOLVING REAL PROBLEMS THAT REAL PEOPLE HAVE. > > apart from choosing a strong password, you and tom must not let go of > the possibilty to restrict ranges of connectable ip-addresses. in case > of dynamic assignment, a netmask of 255.255.255.0 for a single network > might do it. this narrows down the number of people to brute force yr. > password to clients of the same dialup provider. > > so then, how about sniffing? or somebody watching over your shoulder > ala the fbi's carnivore? > > hu > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
