Hi All, I have restarted the system and I still get the blacklisted event in the event viewer and still no connection. Any other suggestions? Lee
On 6/1/05, Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How long does it usually take to unblacklist an IP address. I have waited > 24 hrs and still giving me the same message "connection closed unexpectedly" > Thanks, > Lee > > On 6/1/05, Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > Thank you. > > How would I disable blacklisting if I decided this was a good option for > > me? > > Thanks for all your help, > > Lee > > > > On 6/1/05, Scott C. Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Wez: > > > > > > I agree it *slows down* a dictionary attack, but it cannot > > > prevent one. I also agree it's a good idea, but not a "free" one: by > > > adding Blacklisting, you've of course created a denial-of-service > > > vulnerability (e.g., an applet that did nothing but repeatedly open > > > and close TCP sockets to 127.0.0.1:5900 <http://127.0.0.1:5900/> would > > > prevent legitimate, > > > SSH-tunneled VNC connections). > > > > > > cheers, > > > Scott > > > > > > On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, James Weatherall wrote: > > > > > > > Scott & Lee, > > > > > > > > Blacklisting prevents individual hosts from being used to dictionary > > > attack > > > > a VNC Server. It's a security feature and disabling it is A Bad > > > Thing. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott C. Best > > > >> Sent: 01 June 2005 17:33 > > > >> To: [email protected] > > > >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> Subject: Re: Blacklisted IP address > > > >> > > > >> Lee: > > > >> > > > >> Heya. Blacklisting only happens if a client tries > > > >> and fails to connect repeatedly -- it seems to be about > > > >> 5 times in a 10 second interval (empirical data, here; > > > >> I'm not actually sure what the "interval" for failures > > > >> is). Once blacklisting is triggered, it takes the > > > >> "BlacklistTimeout" number of seconds until the server will > > > >> again accept connections from that IP address. > > > >> > > > >> To effectively disable this feature, you can set > > > >> the "BlacklistTimeout" registry key in ../WinVNC4 to "0". > > > >> But...your email suggests that an IP address is being > > > >> "blocked", so maybe it's really an AuthHosts problem, not > > > >> a blacklisting one? > > > >> > > > >> Along these lines...I'm not sure I see the point > > > >> of blacklisting the loopback interface. That's like making > > > >> sure the front door is securely locked after the bad guys > > > >> are already in the house. :) > > > >> > > > >> -Scott > > > >> > > > >>> Does anyone know how to unblacklist an IP address that is > > > >>> being blocked. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
