Hello,
If you are using weak-passwords that is always a security risk and not
just with VNC. I recommend wrapping VNC in stunnel, since VNC sends
the passwd in clear-text. If you can I also recommend filtering out
VNC to the IP's that you will be coming from (i.e. work, school,
etc..), if this isn't possible... a recent thing that people are
talking about is port-knocking, that might add an extra layer of
security (obscurity, if you will). So there are a few options that you
may want to use, to make things a bit more safer and you can sleep
better at night too..
HTH,
-Albert
On 1/22/06, Jared Lyvers <jared@lewiscommunications.com> wrote:
First off, sorry Simon. I ment to send this to the list but sent it to
only you instead.
Now, on to my real question.
I'm looking to use VNC on my windows machine for remote logins. Currently
I only have the following open ports:
25/tcp open smtp
80/tcp open http
113/tcp closed auth
1352/tcp open lotusnotes
5902/tcp open vnc-2
5903/tcp open vnc-3
8080/tcp open http-proxy
Are there any security problems that I may be over looking by using VNC on
my machine?
Regards,
JL
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