On Tue Nov 14 2006 at 17:14, Bob Babcock wrote:

>   The remote VNC server chose security type #0 (Invalid)
>   Any user can connect to it without authentication, and thus take
>   control of this machine.
> and other times get:
[snip]

Try applying this patch (or wait for a while and run
nessus-update-plugins). The script should be more robust.
*** vnc_security_types.nasl	23 May 2006 17:33:55 -0000	1.5
--- vnc_security_types.nasl	14 Nov 2006 16:44:15 -0000
***************
*** 68,74 ****
  if (major == 3 && minor >= 3 && minor < 7)
  {
   r = recv(socket: s, min: 4, length: 4);
!  if (strlen(r) != 4)
   {
    debug_print('Could not read security type\n');
    exit(0);
--- 68,74 ----
  if (major == 3 && minor >= 3 && minor < 7)
  {
   r = recv(socket: s, min: 4, length: 4);
!  if (strlen(r) < 4)
   {
    debug_print('Could not read security type\n');
    exit(0);
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