Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU: VNC

[Anthony Liguori]

Christopher Olsen wrote:
> Sorry I'll attempt to use the preferred patching method in the future..
>
> Secure vnc auth method the default built in method from
>   

We can't take a password from a command line.  Supporting VNC auth is 
super easy otherwise.  I really think we need to have a config file 
before we can do VNC passwords.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> On Sunday 18 February 2007 19:14, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Christopher Olsen wrote:
> >     
> > > Actually I have a version 2 to my patch which I will forward in by
> > > tomorrow which allows for vnc authentication..
> > >       
> > Which one? AFAICT there are three authentication methods, one of which is
> > not secure at all. Another one is no vnc authentication at all, but rather
> > an ssh authentication. The third method does not encrypt the rest of the
> > protocol, so is not secure. (And yes, there exists a fourth method, which
> > appears to be purely VNC, but which is not open source.)
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Dscho
> >
> > P.S.: I forgot to mention that your patch is not in unified format, which
> > seems to be the preferred patch format on this list.
> >
> >
> >
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