Benedict et al,

Yes, there is a problem in the way that the current release of VNC Server 4
for Windows handles excessive connection attempts.  Note that the free VNC
release is not designed for use on untrusted networks - if you need to
access a free VNC Server across the Internet then you should use a system
such as SSH to "tunnel" the connections securely between sites.

The upcoming VNC Server Enterprise Edition (
http://www.realvnc.com/products/enterprise/ ) includes protection from this
and a class of similar but more advanced attacks.  This protection will also
be included in the next VNC Server 4 GPL release.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B Kwok
> Sent: 25 August 2004 23:48
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: DoS attack VNC 4.0
> 
> Want to verify and confirm if this attack sucess by sending 
> more than 60 connections request to VNC server on windows 
> platforms, any fix for that?
> 
> 
> http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/
> 1068.html
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