What port(s) does it use?
Brian Madore [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 4:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: VNC-List digest, Vol 1 #1673 - 2 msgs Send VNC-List mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of VNC-List digest..." Today's Topics: 1. RE: VNC Distribution Tool? (James Weatherall) 2. RE: Open source security measures? (James Weatherall) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: "James Weatherall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Brian Madore'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: RE: VNC Distribution Tool? Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:01:03 -0000 Organization: RealVNC Ltd. Hi Brian, No, it doesn't. Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Madore > Sent: 11 February 2006 20:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: VNC Distribution Tool? > > Does the VNC Distribution Tool use ports 5800 or 5900, to do > it's scans and > installs? > > > > Regards, > > > > Brian > > > > Brian Madore > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "James Weatherall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jorge L. Vizcarralagos'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Open source security measures? Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:17:29 -0000 Organization: RealVNC Ltd. 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] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list End of VNC-List Digest _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
