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Re: [Xen-users] XEN domUs and X11 (maybe not Xen-related)
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-users] XEN domUs and X11 (maybe not Xen-related) |
| From: | Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:41:45 -0500 |
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On Thursday 17 January 2008, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > This is a serious security issue with lots of VNC based tools, such as > most remote KVM's. It mandates that you use a good screenlock on the VNC > server's X session, in case you walk away and come back. Xen default > setups attempt to deal with this somewhat by restricting those VNC > clients to access from the Dom0 itself. But woe betide the admin who > opens it up for remote management and fails to protect their X session! being a non-encrypted protocol, i guess anyone that uses it remotely without some kind of VPN is already exposing too much. -- Javier
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