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ntware - 2021-03-04 10:45 AM
But, the lack of encryption is also one of the main reasons why vnc is so much faster. Putting the little StrongARM CPU to encrypt/decrypt packets all the time is burdensome. With proper configuration, you can make unencrypted vnc still secure.
ntware: Many thanks... Great detailed response! I appreciate your insights and knowledge base... cleared up many of my concerns. As I was riding my electric bike up over the steep hills surrounding our lake I remembered that VNC does have an encryption mode and thought I was mistaken about VNC security. You point out there will be a performance deficit using it, which is good to know.
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The lack of security on vnc doesn't mean that people on the internet will be able to read what you type. The packets can only be sniffed from inside your local network.
That is reassuring.
(My darkest secret is I'm the doofus who misspelled Devian as "Duvean" on this threads title
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If you're still concerned about this, a perfectly secure scenario would be to connect your Jornada to the Raspberry Pi over Ethernet cable. To make this even bullet proof, you can configure your vnc server to listen only at the cabled Ethernet interface. .
This is basically what I'm doing. Thanks to your explanation, I now know ssh can be optional. My present problem is the stock RealVNC server on RasPi doesn't accept tigervnc connections...and the RealVNC client on connect locks out Fluxbox workspaces, so I've more to learn so I can change to the tigerVNC-standalone-server or something similar.
Hey, don't get me wrong...
you are truly blazing some great trails here with VNC. Exciting... and now many/most of my recent posts are via my Jornada720 + RasPi "hybrid". That is something I thought would never happen. I still have to work on the WPA_supplicant wifi set up... but ethernet tether with a the tiny Raspi is really very portable as is... and battery lasts many hours.
Thanks again!
Joval
Edited by joval 2021-03-05 3:01 AM