lightshow
04-28-2008, 06:44 PM
So I've sucessfully set up UltraVNC.
I can access it from anywhere using the java viewer browser plugin.
Now, I'm thinking in terms of security. All you need to have is the ip address of my computer, the port i'm using, and a password then you can get into my computer.
My Security:
UltraVNC passwords can be max 8 characters
I'm going to make as inhuman password as possible in 8 characters
ex. 3#42@kK!
Choosing a port
If the password is really secure, should I really care about doing a nonstandard port?
Unsucessful password attemps
I'm trying to find if UltraVNC has a set number of unsucessful password attemps that it will process before it does something like block the send for 1 hour
Install encryption plugin
I need to install the encryption plugin and test it out.
General Use
Make my ip address easier to remember
Free name
You can get a free name at http://www.no-ip.com (http://www.no-ip.com/) and http://dyndns.com (http://dyndns.com/)
I signed up for free with dyndns, and use an auto updater program from kana solution (free) (http://www.kanasolution.com/index.php?i=31) so that i never have to worry about my ip changing. I just plug in blahblah.ath.cx instead of my ip.
My question is are there any other ideas you have that could help me improve my security.
ie don't let some port scanner find my open port and all of a sudden have complete access to my system through a VNC client.
I can access it from anywhere using the java viewer browser plugin.
Now, I'm thinking in terms of security. All you need to have is the ip address of my computer, the port i'm using, and a password then you can get into my computer.
My Security:
UltraVNC passwords can be max 8 characters
I'm going to make as inhuman password as possible in 8 characters
ex. 3#42@kK!
Choosing a port
If the password is really secure, should I really care about doing a nonstandard port?
Unsucessful password attemps
I'm trying to find if UltraVNC has a set number of unsucessful password attemps that it will process before it does something like block the send for 1 hour
Install encryption plugin
I need to install the encryption plugin and test it out.
General Use
Make my ip address easier to remember
Free name
You can get a free name at http://www.no-ip.com (http://www.no-ip.com/) and http://dyndns.com (http://dyndns.com/)
I signed up for free with dyndns, and use an auto updater program from kana solution (free) (http://www.kanasolution.com/index.php?i=31) so that i never have to worry about my ip changing. I just plug in blahblah.ath.cx instead of my ip.
My question is are there any other ideas you have that could help me improve my security.
ie don't let some port scanner find my open port and all of a sudden have complete access to my system through a VNC client.