Scott C. Best said: > Heyaz. I had a question about VNC passwords. I just got this > snippet from an email newsletter from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wherein it > states: > > > | VNC PASSWORDS ARE SENT IN CLEAR TEXT > | > | When you type your VNC password to view a remote PC, it is sent in > | clear, unencrypted text.
Looks like they need to get their marketing on the same page. Their web site (http://www.tridiavnc.com/) list both "raw" vnc and their product as having "password protection". > * Would it be at all worthwhile to (similar to SSH) use a Diffie-Hellman > transaction so that the initial random challenge was at least encrypted and > not transmitted in plaintext? No, it makes it worthwhile to tunnel VNC over an encrypted tunnel when on an untrusted network. -- William Hooper _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
