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

[H.S.]

NoOp wrote:

> As you know by now, 5900 is a well known port that is scanned for
> regularly. See some of the previous threads on this, but you can easily
> change the port number to make it a little less obvious for script
> kiddies etc. if you just need to get in and out briefly.
> 
> http://isc.sans.org/port.html?port=5900
> 
> 
> 

Thanks for interesting URL.

Just out of curiosity, apart from the rogue user actually opening the
desktop and fiddling with the user's files and folders, in what other
way can this be exploited in relation to vino (the service that runs in
Ubuntu for remote desktop)?

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