VNCVIEWER.EXE and MS authentication

sbostedor · Post by **sbostedor** » 2005-02-21 17:58

Is there a way to pass the domain\username and password to the VNC viewer on a command line or .vnc file?

Marscha · Post by **Marscha** » 2005-02-25 08:38

I don't think it's possible with a .vnc file.
To me it seems not to be a good idea to have a Windows username and password in a text file.

sbostedor · Post by **sbostedor** » 2005-02-25 14:27

I agree. I wouldn't do it myself but there have been numerous VNCScan users that have requested that their password be saved in VNCScan.

I could encrypt their login information so that it's not easily hacked so the security problem that you're talking about wouldn't be an issue.

Here's what I'd like to do:

The user puts his/her password into VNCScan.

VNCScan encrypts the user/pass into the XML file with a key tied to that computer. If someone grabs their XML file, it will be pretty much useless on another computer.

If they double-click on a computer, I'd like VNCScan to write the .vnc file, launch the viewer against it, then immediately delete the .vnc file. This would prevent the password from just hanging around on the computer.

I think that these measures would make this feature safe enough for anyone not working for the DOD.

TechFan · Post by **TechFan** » 2005-03-03 11:48

I could see how it could be useful to have for at least the command line options (at least username). . .even RDP and ICA clients allow this. . .though I don't like the idea of a password being in clear text at any time. . .I think it is Citrix that allows you to pass an encrypted password to the command line. . .

Marscha · Post by **Marscha** » 2005-03-03 16:10

I thought about taking the domainname and username of the logged on user and fill the username field with that.

TechFan · Post by **TechFan** » 2005-03-03 22:31

That would probably work in most cases. . .though I don't always connect with my logged in user. It does seem that it would be good to have a way to pass that info via a command line. . .

Volleyknaller · Post by **Volleyknaller** » 2005-03-11 12:21

Is it possible to put only the windows username for
MS Logon into the -vnc file.
It would be great, because its strange to type
about 20 characters of my username every time
i log in.

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UltraVNC

VNCVIEWER.EXE and MS authentication

VNCVIEWER.EXE and MS authentication

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