[despammed] VNC is "hackable" (was "VPN and VNC")

[Wes Groleau]

> difficult for someone to get into my box by a VNC exploit.  Am I wrong?
> Wouldn't they have to sniff packets and decrypt to get the password?  I
> suppose it can be done, but I don't know that anyone is doing it.

Unless you have added encryption to it, the passwords
are not encrypted.  But what the heck, neither are 90+%
of the passwords on other services.

--
Wes Groleau
   "God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change;
    the courage to change the one I can;
    and the wisdom to know it's me.
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