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1# If you want to use VNC remotely without TLS, then you *must*
2# pick a mechanism which provides session encryption as well
3# as authentication.
4#
5# If you are only using TLS, then you can turn on any mechanisms
6# you like for authentication, because TLS provides the encryption
7#
8# If you are only using UNIX sockets then encryption is not
9# required at all.
10#
11# NB, previously DIGEST-MD5 was set as the default mechanism for
12# QEMU VNC. Per RFC 6331 this is vulnerable to many serious security
13# flaws as should no longer be used. Thus GSSAPI is now the default.
14#
15# To use GSSAPI requires that a QEMU service principal is
16# added to the Kerberos server for each host running QEMU.
17# This principal needs to be exported to the keytab file listed below
18mech_list: gssapi
19
20# If using TLS with VNC, or a UNIX socket only, it is possible to
21# enable plugins which don't provide session encryption. The
22# 'scram-sha-256' plugin allows plain username/password authentication
23# to be performed
24#
25#mech_list: scram-sha-256
26
27# You can also list many mechanisms at once, and the VNC server will
28# negotiate which to use by considering the list enabled on the VNC
29# client.
30#mech_list: scram-sha-256 gssapi
31
32# This file needs to be populated with the service principal that
33# was created on the Kerberos v5 server. If switching to a non-gssapi
34# mechanism this can be commented out.
35keytab: /etc/qemu/krb5.tab
36
37# If using scram-sha-256 for username/passwds, then this is the file
38# containing the passwds. Use 'saslpasswd2 -a qemu [username]'
39# to add entries, and 'sasldblistusers2 -f [sasldb_path]' to browse it.
40# Note that this file stores passwords in clear text.
41#sasldb_path: /etc/qemu/passwd.db
42