Jorge, I can understand your wanting to discourage misuse of licensed software, but I am unclear as to how that relates to which edition of VNC to use, since they're all licensed...
Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorge L. > Vizcarralagos > Sent: 10 February 2006 20:33 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Open source security measures? > > > Jorge, > > > > Current VNC Server releases include measures to prevent > brute-force attacks > > against servers. These prevent attackers from repeatedly > attempting to > > connect to the server, trying to guess at the password, making it > > *extremely* unlikely that the "attacker" in this case tried > connecting and > > managed to guess your weak password - it's much more likely > that the person > > connecting actually knew what the password would be. Are > you sure that they > > weren't simply one of the people that you had previously > been demoing to? > > > > We don't advise use of VNC Free Edition across the Internet > except via some > > sort of secure tunnelling protocol. VNC Enterprise & > Personal Editions have > > in-built session security for this purpose. All current > VNC Server releases > > also support querying the local user to accept connections, which is > > advisable if you are concerned that the password you are > using is weak or > > widely known. > > > In the near future I would most likely purchase the Personal or > Enterprise editions of this program but for educational > purposes I would > still love to use open software since I discourage the misuse of > licensed software. I have been looking for other open source > programs, > such as SSH, Tunneling ect... that can be used in conjunction > with the > fee edition of VNC or other editions for that matter. What are your > opinions? What would offer the best protection? What would sound the > most secure to clients wanting to work from home securely? > _______________________________________________ > 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
