On Friday 05 November 2004 09:32, Olaf Joerk wrote: > Hello, > I'm using vnc in two ways. Via a ssh tunnel to do normal > maintenance on remote linux boxes and now as a remote > > :0 display using the vnc.so-module of the X-server, > > for showing local administrators things they should do > later on their own. > > When I use the second method I first setup a ssh tunnel > and connect after that to the vnc-module using encryption > (with password). > > (ssh2 -S -l user -L 1111:localhost:5900 host + > vncviewer --> localhost:1111) > > But there is still the possibility to connect directly > to the machine using vncviewer. I have a password file, so > there is athentication but unencrypted and just a password. > I think enough tests and sometimes my passwords will > be broken. > > (vncviewer --> host:0) > > Is it possible to restrict the vncviewer access to display:0 > to localhost? So I could use my ssh-tunnel method further on > but the direct access would be denied. May be it's more a > question of X-windows than of vnc. But I'm unexperienced > with X so any hints are welcomed. > > Olaf > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
If I remember right, the configuration of the server allows for "localhost only" option, so... The answer to your question is yes.... But I don't remember where/how. As a workaround you could close the port on your firewall... Jerry _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
