TightVNC / Password length - SourceForge
sourceforge.net › p › vnc-tightPassword length. Hello, everyone... I have noticed that the new (dev) version of TightVNC complains if your password is more than 8 characters. The previous version of TightVNC (the release version) did not do so. I'm wondering what the rationale was for changing that behavior? Was it ignoring anything over 8 characters before, and not saying ...
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install.receipt.com › files › tightvnc-1Although TightVNC encrypts VNC passwords sent over the net, the rest of the traffic is sent as is, unencrypted (for password encryption, VNC uses a DES-encrypted challenge-response scheme, where the password is limited by 8 characters, and the effective DES key length is 56 bits). So using TightVNC over the Internet can be a security risk.