From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 23 15:28: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com [66.66.72.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AB6037B41F for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:27:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 07E9F901A00; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:27:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:27:30 -0400 From: mpd To: Steven Lake Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Next question on VNC Message-ID: <20020423182730.A18516@rochester.rr.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from raiden@shell.core.com on Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 04:43:56PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 04:43:56PM -0500, Steven Lake wrote: > Ok, one more question about VNC. (the last hopefully) How do you > change the default port that it listens on? I've got a fbsd box and a > windows box (two separate admins) both logging into the same win98se box. > For security we'd like to change the default port it listens on if > possible. :) That's not secure. A simple portscan will find the new port. You're better off with a packet filter. > > Win9x sucks for security so we're trying to come up with ways to > better protect this box. These are just a few ideas. > > mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "SO I SAID `I'LL SHOW YOU THE LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS!'" - Pokey the Penguin from "WE ARE NOT LOST" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message