On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 06:07, James Weatherall wrote: > > I understand there is a challenge/response mechanism used in RealVNC > > Free Edition, but is this authentication session encrypted? What > > safeguards are in place and how do they compare with a > > default setup of Windows 2K/3K, for example? > > VNC Free Edition uses a simple challenge-response scheme based on encrypting > a random challenge with up to 8 bytes of password data.
In terms of authenticating across a protected intranet LAN, would you say this is is at least as secure a method as default MS Windows password authentication? --Cal Webster _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
