Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU: VNC

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Luke-Jr wrote:

> Is there a reason to not use the semi-standard -rfbauth <filename> 
> argument?

Yes. The authentication is not really secure. It only uses 16 bits if I 
remember correctly, so even without access to <filename>, it can be easily 
broken.

The common practice is to block after 3 attempts, but there are ways 
around that, too.

Ciao,
Dscho