RE : VNC

From: Marty (marti@videotron.ca)
Date: 01/30/03

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From: Marty <marti@videotron.ca>
To: 'Jason Dixon' <jasondixon@myrealbox.com>, security-basics@securityfocus.com

    It was due mostly to flaws within the software.

    Read more about it here : http://www.sans.org/rr/win/VNC2.php 

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Marty!
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De : Jason Dixon [mailto:jasondixon@myrealbox.com] 
Envoyé : 29 janvier, 2003 19:53
À : Marty
Cc : security-basics@securityfocus.com
Objet : Re: VNC
On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 13:08, Marty wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I remember inquiring last year about VNC as a network remote control 
> solution. Sincere thanks to all those that answered. We stopped the 
> VNC implementation after reading about all the risks related to the 
> product.
> 
> 
> Our tech people are coming back and charging... again.
> 
> My question is simple is the latest version of VNC better than the 
> previous ones and should we allow our tech group to use it to take 
> control of our machines (servers and workstations)...
How is it a security risk when you tunnel it via SSH (pre-shared keys,
of course)?
-J.

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