heads up, folks: random vnc (remote desktop) attempts

[Norberto Bensa]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:08 PM, H.S. <hs.samix at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lesson: looks like there are rogue attempts to open a vnc connection on
> random IP addresses. This is akin to random attempts at trying to
> connect via the SSH port that many people may have noticed in
> /var/log/auth.log. So folks, just do not setup your remote desktop
> without some sort of security, preferably both password and permission
> prompt.

I'm sorry, but this is not news. rdp, vnc, ssh, telnet, etc. are been
exploited since ages.

You should never run services without security. In the case of vnc,
run it through ssh, and run ssh with keys (not passwords.)

Regards,
Norberto