Re: VNC Security

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2005-08-16 rebootd () adelphia net wrote:
> > If you think you have a point here: you don't.
> >
> > In any of your scenarios VNC is just as easily installed as simply
> > re-enabled.
>
> ... and the friend could just as easily take a sledge hammer to his
> box. I think the point is not to control all possibilities, but that
> if you are going to "help" a friend, you should at least not make
> yourself directly responsible for the insecurity of his network.

Taken care of by making VNC *not* start automatically.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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