(Mac) VNC

[David Smith]

At 1:10 PM +0100 6/29/99, Oliver North wrote:
>Dear VNC Developers,
>
>I was wondering how easy it would be to add IP restriction to VNC so it can
>only be used within a LAN. This would allow me to use the software in our
>offices that are permanently connected to the internet.

If you have control of the router to the internet you could filter out the
ports you have VNC listening on (5800 and 5900 for screen #0).

>Is VNC susceptible to IP soofing at all?

Yes, since IP spoofing happens at the network layer all applications that
use TCP/IP are susceptible.

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David A. Smith
<smithd "at" blkbox.com>
The box said: "Needs Windows 98 or better," so I bought a Macintosh.



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