Brad Silva

Is it possible that you're using passwords where the first 8 characters are the same and your variations are in the later characters? There's an issue with the RFB protocol that it only uses the first 8 characters of the password. This is not a TightVNC issue. More recent versions of TightVNC only let you enter an 8 character password, not sure when this changed.

Is it possible that you're using passwords where the first 8 characters are the same and your variations are in the later characters? There's an issue with the RFB protocol that it only uses the first 8 characters of the password. This is not a TightVNC issue. More recent versions of TightVNC only let you enter an 8 character password, not sure when this changed.

The problem is that the protocol only accepts an 8 character password. The problem here is not with TightVNC.

The above comment is correct, but is useless unless you want to do some research. Basically, the problem is that the protocol only accepts an 8 character password. The fault here is not with TightVNC.