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VNC module

[webmin <we...@ma...>]

Hi,
does anyone know if you connect to the VNC server module via webmin using
SSL (https://) if the VNC session is encrypted as well? It displays a notice
on the screen saying it isn't put as far as I can see it because it is
accessed via https:// then it should be secure.
I am write or am I wrong?


Yours


Matt Lowe
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VNC module

[Stephen L. <sp...@pl...>]

I was trying out the vnc module under a Webmin 1.08 session. First
question I have is whether the vnc session is encrypted if I access
webmin via ssl? Second question is how do I resolve the following error
message in the vnc log:

05/04/03 12:00:50 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
05/04/03 12:00:50 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
05/04/03 12:00:50   URL http://localhost:5801
AUDIT: Sat Apr  5 12:00:51 2003: 15699 Xvnc: client 1 rejected from
local host
  Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
Xlib: connection to ":1.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
Error opening display!

Thanks,
Stephen

Re: VNC module

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Stephen Lee wrote:
> I was trying out the vnc module under a Webmin 1.08 session. First
> question I have is whether the vnc session is encrypted if I access

No, the module uses an applet that makes a normal VNC connection, 
which is not encrypted - even when webmin is in SSL mode.

> webmin via ssl? Second question is how do I resolve the following error
> message in the vnc log:
> 
> 05/04/03 12:00:50 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
> 05/04/03 12:00:50 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
> 05/04/03 12:00:50   URL http://localhost:5801
> AUDIT: Sat Apr  5 12:00:51 2003: 15699 Xvnc: client 1 rejected from
> local host
>   Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
> Xlib: connection to ":1.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> Error opening display!

Sounds like a client run by a different Unix user tried to connect to 
the X server. Does this happen for other VNC clients as well? If so, 
it's not really a webmin problem ..

  - Jamie

Re: VNC module

[Stephen L. <sp...@pl...>]

On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 00:25, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> Stephen Lee wrote:
> > I was trying out the vnc module under a Webmin 1.08 session. First
> > question I have is whether the vnc session is encrypted if I access
> 
> No, the module uses an applet that makes a normal VNC connection, 
> which is not encrypted - even when webmin is in SSL mode.
> 
Darn. I'm still looking for the elusive ssl encrypted java version of
the vnc client. I don't want to have to setup ssl tunnels for
potentially hundreds of remote and mobile users via PuTTy.

Stephen 

[webmin-l] dvd writing and webmin

[Harondel J. S. <we...@pd...>]

Is there a module for webmin that allows dvd writing?  Specifically using
cdrecord-prodvd?

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Re: [webmin-l] dvd writing and webmin

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 16:55, Harondel J. Sibble wrote:
> Is there a module for webmin that allows dvd writing?  Specifically using
> cdrecord-prodvd?

Some people have reported that the CD Burner module works, if setup on
the Module Config page to use cdrecord-prodvd instead of just cdrecord.
But I haven't tested this personally..

 - Jamie

Re: VNC module

[Harondel J. S. <we...@pd...>]

On 7 Apr 2003 at 10:03, Stephen Lee wrote:
> Darn. I'm still looking for the elusive ssl encrypted java version of
> the vnc client. I don't want to have to setup ssl tunnels for
> potentially hundreds of remote and mobile users via PuTTy.

If your refering to the one from the Mindterm folks from a few years ago, it 
was ssh encrypted not ssl. The only ssl encrypted versions I've come across 
are the commmercial ones like TridiaVNC.

Your other option like with putty is to use Stunnel on each end.


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Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user.
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Re: VNC module

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

webmin wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> does anyone know if you connect to the VNC server module via webmin using
> SSL (https://) if the VNC session is encrypted as well? It displays a notice
> on the screen saying it isn't put as far as I can see it because it is
> accessed via https:// then it should be secure.
> I am write or am I wrong?

It is not encrypted, because the VNC applet makes a separate TCP connection
back to the webmin server instead of using the browser's secure connection.

 - Jamie