Re: [Full-disclosure] VNC viewers: Clipboard of host automatically sent to remote machine

[Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, I only read the manual.

Now go troll somwhere else. :)

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:35 AM, GloW - XD <doomxd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Windows is even more secure, have you actually, read any of the code /
>
>
> On 25 January 2012 21:30, Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > That's not necessarily true. On windows you can add custom
> clipboard formats
> > that would contain a 'link' to the original source, causing the data
> to be
> > actually
> > passed when pasting. An example of this is when one copy+pastes a file.
> > See the Windows Clipboard API for more info.
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Mario Vilas <mvilas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm not sure how the clipboard works in Linux desktops (I understand
> >> it's a little different), but at least in Windows environments data
> >> has to be copied to the clipboard when you hit Ctrl-C. It can't be
> >> copied when you hit Ctrl-V because then the applications wouldn't know
> >> if there is anything to paste (like you said, the button would be
> >> grayed).
> >>
> >> So to replicate this behavior it's necessary to send the data as it's
> >> copied, not as it's pasted. Most (not all, but most) desktop systems
> >> assume clipboard data can be freely shared with all applications and
> >> don't have any kind of isolation at all. VNC was designed with the
> >> same idea.
> >>
> >> The bottom line is, the problem here is using VNC for what Ben is
> >> using it. There are many more problems with that scenario and
> >> clipboard sharing may be the least of them.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Peter Osterberg <j@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On 01/24/2012 07:18 PM, Mario Vilas wrote:
> >> >>> Guys, could you please read carefully everything before you reply?
> >> >> I read carefully. It still didn't make sense, though.
> >> >>
> >> >>> And you wouldn't be allowed to use copy&paste while you edit
> sensitive
> >> >>> documents either, I guess?
> >> >> I don't know how you could get to such a conclusion from what I
> wrote.
> >> >>
> >> >> You're reporting that if you copy and paste sensitive information and
> >> >> connect to a VNC session your clipboard data gets sent to the remote
> >> >> machine. That's pretty obvious and not a security hole that needs to
> >> >> be plugged.
> >> >
> >> > I don't think that is what Ben is saying. The clipboard get sent to
> the
> >> > the server even before it is pasted, this happens without the user
> >> > knowing of it.
> >> >
> >> > Notepad would have the paste button grayed otherwise, if the clipboard
> >> > is empty, right? So it is already on the server before paste is
> pressed.
> >> >
> >> > So what ever was in the clipboard buffer is transmitted to the server
> on
> >> > connection.
> >> >
> >> > This is at least the assumption I make from reading Ben's mails. Or...
> >> > Is there a cliboard flag saying there is something on the clipboard,
> but
> >> > it isn't transmitted until the user actually pastes? I haven't really
> >> > got any experience with how the clipboard feature is implemented. My
> >> > assumption is however that it has to be on server for notepad to be
> >> > aware that Paste shouldn't be grayed out...
> >> >
> >> > I think Ben's report make complete sense actually, it would be better
> to
> >> > have the clipboard feature as a default. Security before features...
> =)
> >> >
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