Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:40:22 +1000 From: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> To: erk! <tapeworm@insekta.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tridiavnc security info? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020912123436.03b4dec0@pop.ozemail.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20020911085519.0ba22ca6.tapeworm@insekta.org> References: <20020911090529.C7198@seekingfire.com> <20020911090529.C7198@seekingfire.com>
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At 08:55 11/09/2002 -0700, erk! sent this up the stick:
>i'm curious, however, if anyone knows of specific security issues to
>watch for/protect against when doing this. i'm not so worried about
>whether or not the windows box gets compromised, but i'd like to keep my
>freebsd box, which is my main desktop, protected as much as possible.
>i'm not familiar at all with the method that tridia uses to connect
>remotely, so any info here would be appreciated.
AFAIK, all passwords used to connect to VNC are in the clear, so I tunnel
my VNC client through an ssh session.
WinNT (work) client machine
VNC Client ---> PuTTY -----> internet -----> Unix box -----> VNC
Server
This is really only worth doing if your VNC session is going over the
internet. For internal stufff, I wouldn't worry. Use one of the firewalls
included in FreeBSD to protect that box.
Cheers,
Rob
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