VNC User Guide - RealVNC

Appendix A: Saving Connections
Saving connections to VNC Address Book
You can save connections to VNC Address Book if you installed VNC on the client computer. For more
information, see Setting up the client computer on page 12.
Note: If VNC Address Book is not available, you can save connections to desktop icons. This is equally
convenient but may be less secure. See Saving connections to desktop icons on page 131.
When you save a connection, you can subsequently use VNC Address Book to connect to that host
computer instead of VNC Viewer. This means you do not have to remember the network address of the host
computer or the port number for VNC Server, nor a user name and password. In addition, VNC Address
Book automatically recreates the VNC Viewer environment you chose for controlling that host computer last
time, for example the scaling applied to the desktop, the encryption level, and the color quality.
Note: Because VNC Address Book stores VNC Server authentication credentials, access to it is controlled
by a master password. For more information, see Working with the master password on page 130.
You can additionally use VNC Address Book to organize connections, configure the appearance and
behavior of VNC Viewer for particular connections, and share connections with other VNC Viewer users.
Saving the current connection
If you are connected to a host computer, you can save the current connection to VNC Address Book at any
time. To do this:
1. Click the Save Connection VNC Viewer toolbar button. VNC Address Book opens. If you entered a
password in order to connect to VNC Server, you are prompted to save it:
Choose:
— Don’t save VNC Server password in order to forget the password. You will need to enter it each
time you use VNC Address Book to connect.
— Save VNC Server password to save the password in obfuscated, though not encrypted, form. You
will no longer need to remember the password. However, since the connection will not be protected
by the VNC Address Book master password, any other user of your client computer will also be able
to connect.
— Encrypt VNC Server password to create a protected connection in which the password is both
saved and encrypted. You will no longer need to remember it. You will, however, have to enter the
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