DoS attack VNC 4.0

[Mike Miller]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, James Weatherall wrote:

> The DoS attack only affects VNC Server for Windows - you shouldn't 
> therefore lose data as a consequence of an attack.
>
> There is no need to set up a firewall, only to use the LocalHost option 
> to restrict connections to those originating from the local machine.


Thanks for that note.  Other sources (e.g., SANS) have failed to mention 
that the DoS attack affects only the Windows version.

Mike