Hi Giles, It sounds like your server is running a custom build of VNC 4.1.1 which includes a broken patch for the remote-access vulnerability that 4.1.2 addresses.
You should upgrade your server to VNC 4.1.2 as soon as possible. Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Campbell > Sent: 17 May 2006 11:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Connection closed unexpectedly: unexpected security type? > > Hi, > > > > I've been using a standard install on Fedora with a standard > client on XP to > connect to the Fedora box for a while now. All of a sudden it > is giving me > Connection closed unexpectedly when I connect - so cannot > connect. I tried > upgrading to client 4.1.2 but no better. Server's running > 4.1.1 Here's the > log entry: > > > > Wed May 17 11:33:21 2006 > > Connections: accepted: 192.168.0.36::1633 > > SConnection: Client needs protocol version 3.8 > > SConnection: Client requests security type VncAuth(2) > > SConnection: unexpected security type > > Connections: closed: 192.168.0.36::1633 (unexpected security type) > > > > Any thoughts about what's wrong here? I'm connecting on :5901 > and have a > password in .vnc and I recreated in case of corruption... > > > > Cheers, > > Giles _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
