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Re: spooky windows script



On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 05:34:30PM -0400, Gerardo Curiel wrote:
> El mar, 08-05-2007 a las 22:24 +0200, Thomas Hochstein escribi?:
> > Chris Adams schrieb:
> > 
> > > Do you have a VNC server installed? 
> > 
> > | But I do have vino-server running. 
> 
> That's the problem, the same happened to me a couple of weeks ago, in my
> Desktop(a newly installed Debian Unstable).
> 
> Vino seems to open the vnc port to the outside without password when
> installed by default.

No, vino doesn't do anything by default (just confirmed in sid).  What
do you have configured in System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop ?  By
default, nobody can connect at all.  Clicking on the only initially
active checkbox ("Allow other users to view your desktop") results in a
configuration where other users can connect, but they can't actually
view or control your desktop until you've approved their connection via
a popup dialog.  If you uncheck "Ask you for confirmation" and neglect
to check "Require the user to enter this password" and provide a
password, then it seems that unauthenticated, unapproved connections are
allowed.  IMO this should never ever be allowed, but it is.  It's
definitely not the default state, though.

noah

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