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AFAIK, VNC passwords are sent in clear text as is the entire session.
If you VNC server is a *NIX, you could tunnel through ssh.  Very cool.

That's all I know of.

Nimrod

> Are there any security risks associated with using vncserver? I remember
> that older versions of vnc had a security flaw that would essentially let
> anyone log into the session, but was under the impression that had been
> fixed in the latest one. Other than locking the display before closing the
> session, is there anything else I need to do to secure this? Is there a way
> to force the server in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ to run as non-root? Since I havent
> been using any GUI on any of my linux boxes, being able to run an X/Gnome
> session is kind of a hoot =)
> 
> Rick Buford
> User Support Analyst - Specialist
> ITS - USER SERVICES
> DC017.00 / 884-0578
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> > 
> > 
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