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  1. Vncserver too many errors. This is a security feature to prevent against DOS and Brute Force attacks against your computer. This is usually caused by someone trying to guess your password or by a brute force attack. Keep reading if you have encountered this issue. VNC Server is configured to require the remote computer user to manually accept or reject connections and your connection request has been rejected. The problem may occur by you, making too many failed attempts to login to vncserver, or it can be bots accessing your server with brute force methods. What causes this message? RealVNC Server has a blocklist scheme that blocks an IP address after five unsuccessful connection attempts. . Is this caused by attempting to log in as root? VNC “Too many security failures” is a typical problem caused by the VNC built-in blacklist policy. Connection rejected by VNC Server computer user. The Solution: You will have to kill the vnc process and restart it to gain access to the vncserver again. What causes this message? RealVNC Server has a blocklist scheme that blocks an IP address after five unsuccessful connection attempts. When I try to connect to my vncserver running on CentOS from my home computer behind a firewall, I get an error: VNC conenction failed: vncserver too many security failures even when loging with right credentials (I reset passwd on CentOS). Restarting vncserver should reset the lockout. When VNC says “Too many security failures”, it means that the connection has been terminated because there have been too many failed login attempts. If you do this, you should set vncserver to not accept connections from the Internet, disable password-only authentication on the SSH service and use public-key authentication to protect against common brute-force password cracking attempts. Ensure the remote computer user is present and accepts your connection. This post provides a stepwise tutorial to fix it. rrdd csvwukf etsx mfni uzd wehz vwbzo gih welh ofxjv