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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU: VNC
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To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> No, you should not do VNC passwords. The default VNC password exchange is 
> insecure and you should not lure users into believing in that false 
> security.
>   

I actually agree with you.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Ciao,
> Dscho
>
>
>