Problems with AuthHosts

Sean Burton S.D.Burton "at" sussex.ac.uk
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:42:52 +0000


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Hi All,
        I may be missing something here but I cannot get the AuthHosts =
key to screen out IP addresses. I'm using NT4 Server with SP5 & =
Hotfixes. In the Registry I have done the following;

Under=20

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default

there is the AuthHosts string which is set at

-:+xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:+yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy:

(where x and y are my IP addresses)

As far as I can tell from the docs this should only give access to =
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy and nothing else. However it appears =
to do nothing. My best guess is that the key is in the wrong place, =
wrong type, wrong setting (covers most eventualities!). If anyone can =
shed some light on my ignorance, I'd be most grateful.

Cheers,
Sean Burton
Network Administrator
Psychological & Counselling Services
University of Sussex at Brighton
Falmer, East Sussex, UK

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi All,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I may be=20
missing something here but I cannot get the AuthHosts key to screen out =
IP=20
addresses. I'm using NT4 Server with SP5 &amp; Hotfixes. In the Registry =
I have=20
done the following;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Under </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\Default</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>there is the AuthHosts string which is =
set=20
at</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>-:+xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:+yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(where x and y are my IP =
addresses)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As far as I can tell from the docs this =
should only=20
give access to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy and nothing else. =
However it=20
appears to do nothing. My best guess is that the key is in the wrong =
place,=20
wrong type, wrong setting (covers most eventualities!). If anyone can =
shed some=20
light on my ignorance, I'd be most grateful.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sean Burton<BR>Network=20
Administrator<BR>Psychological &amp; Counselling Services<BR>University =
of=20
Sussex at Brighton<BR>Falmer, East Sussex, UK</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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