AuthHosts, &, WinVNC authentication

[Jerry Coker]

Thanks for the replies re: my previous post on how to create the
AuthHosts key using regedit.  It was easy enough to do (after reviewing 
the urls some of you posted), and AuthHosts is working for me now.

However, being new to VNC, I have one important question:

Does WinVNC pass the pw in the clear!?  The authentication method used
by WinVNC client/server is fuzzy to me after reading
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/sshvnc.html.  I get the impression that
the pw may be passed as plain text over the wire, thus, ssh tunnelling
would be, IMHO, necessary.  TIA.

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Jerry Coker
Computer Network Support
Career Services Center
University of Georgia
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