Re: VNC vs Cygwin (was RE: Semi-OT: Vi Question/Need)
- From: Nuno Souto <dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:02:46 +1100
Like I said: I don't use vnc.
As for you sitting on our network switch: bad idea.
Our network security guys are very large. Bigger than me, anyway.
And I doubt you or anyone else would be able to find our switch, let alone sit
on it. ;)
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Nuno Souto
dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On 22/03/2013 2:53 AM, John Harper wrote:
> Nuno,
>
> VNC sends EVERYTHING in the clear. I could sit on your network-switch with
> a tool like WireShark and watch all of your actions. You must push your
> VNC through a secure connection like SSH in order to encrypt the traffic.
>
> I use the MobaXterm product instead of Cygwin directly. It's
> free/donate-ware and has greatly sped up my work. It will properly forward
> the X11 and works as a VNC client too.
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