Is there a way to get a warning when someone access VNC serve r?

[Angelo Sarto]

If all you want is notification and not necessarily to stop them...

using realvnc the icon turns black if anyone is connected, so you could know....


--ANgelo


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:13:43 -0500, Beauford, Jason
<jbeauford "at" eightinonepet.com> wrote:
> Get a copy of ATTACKER.EXE over at www.foundstone.com from the resources
> link.
> 
> You can set it to monitor the VNC Server port.  It will play a .wav file
> and alert you to a connection on that port.  Of course it will initially
> block the connection until you STOP the program and your tech will need
> to try to connect a second time to actually connect, you'll also have to
> stop and start the program before and after each connection, but at
> least you'll know if this person is trying to connect...
> 
> Just 1 idea...
> 
> JMB
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On
> Behalf Of John Aldrich
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:57 AM
> To: 'Frederic Belanger'; vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: Is there a way to get a warning when someone access VNC
> serve r?
> 
> My suggestion is this: Disable any new clients when you're there in the
> office and tell him that "during normal business hours, you call and ask
> me to re-enable VNC. After hours, you will just connect." We have a
> similar situation here with our Fraud Prevention department -- the head
> of the department disables VNC when she's in the office and re-enables
> it when she leaves for the day in case she needs to access her PC from
> the VPN.
>         John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frederic Belanger [mailto:fbelange "at" hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:02 PM
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: Is there a way to get a warning when someone access VNC server?
> 
>    I  had  to install VNC server on my office computer because one of
> the
>    tech  needed a 24 hour acces to it.  But i just realized today that
> he
>    can   access   my   computer   without  me  ever  knowing.   Being
> an
>    administrator,  this  is a problem for me because he could
> potentially
>    see some confidential document while i am working on them.
> 
>    I  cant just select the option that would request a permission from
> me
>    before  he can connect simply because i am not in front of my
> computer
>    24h/day.   Is  there  a  way  to just be warned when he connects to
> my
>    computer, without me needing to answer before he can connect?
> 
>    Tks!
> 
>    P.S.   Sorry  if  i  made  any  mistake,  english is only my
> secondary
>    language.
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