[mythtv-users] On the finer points of VNC & SSH tunneling
Michael Heironimus
mkh01 at earthlink.net
Sun Mar 1 21:21:17 UTC 2009
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:41:40PM +0000, Mike Perkins wrote:
> Note that I get *hundreds* of attempts to access ports 5900 upwards on my
> firewall every day. You should probably choose another port number and
> forward it. The fact that there are so many attempts leads me to believe (I
> don't use it myself) that there are vulnerabilities in the code.
You could also conclude that many people use passwords like "vnc" or
"admin" and then expose the service to the outside world. As with many
applications, the biggest vulnerability is the user.
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Michael Heironimus
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