Brief explaination of security

[reverett]

Hello,

I'm new to Chunk but I've got to say, it's pretty cool... Best thing I've seen for VNC in a long time. I've searched the forum but haven't found anything that clearly explains the security aspects of Chunk. Any chance you can explain based on order of execution which parts of Chunk are secure and which are not?

Thanks!

Randall

[supercoe]

The data being sent between InstantSupport, Repeater and ChunkViewer is encrypted with the SecureVNC plugin although the password in 3.2 is limited to 8 characters.

Security with ChunkVNC really depends on how you have you're repeater setup. For instance you could allow WAN connections to the repeater from InstantSupport(5500) but not ChunkViewer (5901) and allow local LAN computers only to connect to the repeater. This way only your local computers could be used as viewers.

Sorry I guess I don't really understand what you are asking? The way I look at it, there's really no such thing as security, all you can do is make it as difficult as possible for someone to see what's going on.

Could you elaborate on any security concerns you may have?

[reverett]

Thanks. I believe you answered my question. My two main concerns are if the password you enter when connecting via ChunkViewer and any password you may enter after making the connection (ie. login password for another system, etc.) are both enrypted.

Based on your response I believe the answer is yes but I'd be grateful if you'd confirm.

[supercoe]

Correct, the password you enter is basically the encryption key for the VNC data.