Automatic Encryption

[Mike Miller]

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, "Beerse, Corni" wrote:

> I think the simple answer is: vnc cannot because it cannot code itself.
> The developpers willnot/cannot because it is not in the developmentpath.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, the developmentpath for the core vnc
> development will not incorporate new features like these as long as the
> spinoffs like zvnc, yvnc, xvnc, wvnc, vvnc, uvnc and such have not
> implemented it successfully and satisfactory.


Do those spinoffs really exist?  They are trying to implement SSH within
VNC and they have all failed?  If so, that is very interesting and
surprising.

I hope the realVNC development team will consider this as a worthwhile
project for someday.

Mike


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Miller [mailto:mbmiller@taxa.epi.umn.edu]
> > Sent: vrijdag 14 februari 2003 16:23
> > To: vbutanescu@yahoo.com
> > Cc: VNC-List@realvnc.com
> > Subject: Re[2]: Automatic Encryption
> >
> > Here's a simple question:  Why can't VNC server and viewer just use
> > established SSH protocols to communicate?  Incorporate OpenSSH code
> > into the server and PuTTY (or whatever) code into the viewer.  Isn't
> > that workable?  The keys wouldn't be encoded in the password, they
> > would be handled in the way that SSH normally handles them.
> >
> > Mike