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diff --git a/docs/system/vnc-security.rst b/docs/system/vnc-security.rst index 830f6acc73..4c1769eeb8 100644 --- a/docs/system/vnc-security.rst +++ b/docs/system/vnc-security.rst @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ used is drastically reduced. In fact only the GSSAPI SASL mechanism provides an acceptable level of security by modern standards. Previous versions of QEMU referred to the DIGEST-MD5 mechanism, however, it has multiple serious flaws described in detail in RFC 6331 and thus should -never be used any more. The SCRAM-SHA-1 mechanism provides a simple +never be used any more. The SCRAM-SHA-256 mechanism provides a simple username/password auth facility similar to DIGEST-MD5, but does not support session encryption, so can only be used in combination with TLS. @@ -191,11 +191,12 @@ reasonable configuration is :: - mech_list: scram-sha-1 + mech_list: scram-sha-256 sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db The ``saslpasswd2`` program can be used to populate the ``passwd.db`` -file with accounts. +file with accounts. Note that the ``passwd.db`` file stores passwords +in clear text. Other SASL configurations will be left as an exercise for the reader. Note that all mechanisms, except GSSAPI, should be combined with use of |