> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey....@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > bounces+blu=nedharvey....@blu.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Adler > > My problem with this is that the password I issue to open up the > vncviewer window to access the desktop of the user is not part of the > /etc/passwd file, but some clear text password file. There are warnings > in the documentation about this.
I've seen some good replies including ssh tunnel and openvpn, but I'm surprised nobody mentioned this - If you run vncserver on a per-user basis, you set the password with the command "vncpasswd" which creates ~/.vnc/passwd, encrypted hashed like the /etc/passwd file. So that problem is solved, *but* the vnc traffic itself is unencrypted. So as others have said, you need to secure the communication channel. I know there exists such a thing as VNC encryption, but I haven't looked into that - The solution I would personally use is ssh tunnel, because for me it's far easier than openvpn (due to familiarity). _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
