vnc

[moyashi]

hmmm ... was wondering what is the security like for vnc.

first class and other type of systems I remember hearing (yes, hearing!) of was to take over a channel and get information.

could this be a possiblity for vnc too?

I use vnc for my home system to connect to a redhat server (used for testing only) but I'm a little leary about using vnc to connect to my dedicated machine (which is being used for hosting/reselling).

any comments or ideas?

[mervTormel]

evidently, vnc makes a modestly secure authentication-handshake connection via DES encryption, but the follow-on connection is not private. but, perhaps ssh can carry the secure connection...

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5560

let us know as it would be a boon to real-time troubleshooting adventures.

[moyashi]

Thanks M.T. :D

lol ... totally forgot that there was a second page to that.

I ended up using VNCThing vs VNCViewer since the VNCViewer was much slower on redraws of the screen.

Both of these are ?carbonized? and found on version tracker.

hmmm ... gonna need to take some more time to look into this, too bad I'm really busy this week.

[macubergeek]

I understand that you can run vnc over ssh:
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html