Lloyd Abberton wrote: > Dear Sir / Madam > > I think VNC is great. > > I have a windows xp sp2 pc, and I was running vnc v 4.1.1, but I got > hacked. > > I now have version 4.1.2, can someone tell me the best way to protect > myself when running vnc please? > > I have an encryption password set, but what more can i do to protect > myself whe using vnc. > > Thanks > > Lloyd
Don't worry too much now. 4.1.1 had a known exploit. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433994 If you've upgraded, you should be good to go. But just in case, here are some ideas: Tunnel it over SSH http://www.erikjheels.com/vnc-over-ssh.html Use non standard ports http://www.tweakxp.com/article37251.aspx Restrictive firewall ACL's that grant access to small selection of known originating IP's Hamachi http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Software_Utilities/Remote_Control_Anoth er_PC_Securely_with_VNC_and_Hamachi.html http://www.hamachi.cc/ VPN Check out SSL-Explorer. It has a VNC plugin. http://sourceforge.net/projects/sslexplorer/ And of course, Complex passwords. Cheers! JMB _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
