 SnowymIRC unix.ro UnderNetPremium
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Re: How to secure VNC and port 5900 A strong password generated from something such as
»www.grc.com/passwords.htm
would go a long way. |
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 angussfPremium
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kudos:4 | Unfortunately VNC only supports 8-character passwords. |
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 jaynicklit upPremium
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| said by angussf:Unfortunately VNC only supports 8-character passwords. Not true, I am using a 63 character random password generated at grc.com. Works without fail |
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SnowymIRC unix.ro UnderNetPremium
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| said by jaynick:said by angussf:Unfortunately VNC only supports 8-character passwords. Not true, I am using a 63 character random password generated at grc.com. Works without fail Yikes, an 8 character limit, angussf  may be correct about that.
What you might be seeing is VNC recognizing the first 8 characters & abandoning the balance of the string. |
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jaynicklit upPremium
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| OMG!  is that what it's doing? so much for that idea. Let me look into ssh tunnel...Thanks much folks for all the kind help.  |
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jaynicklit upPremium
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You are correct, it was dropping the remaining characters....it fooled me. |
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 StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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| I believe Microsoft does the same thing with Hotmail passwords.
»Hotmail No Longer Accepts Long Passwords, Shortens Them...
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Don't feed trolls--it only makes them grow! |
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jaynicklit upPremium
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kudos:2 | I saw that, that's a shame. |
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