Re: Macintosh Keyboard/Mouse mappings

2001-06-27 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I would like to access an XVnc server on a UNIX machine from a >Macintosh (either Mac OS 9 or X). I am using VNC Viewer PPC under >Mac OS 9.1 and I have overcome the dead-key issue by using a >modified Macintosh keyboard layout, but still I have two problems: > >(1) I would like MacX-style ke

Re: Disabling client computer's modifier keys

2001-06-27 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I'm new to VNC. Is it possible with key mapping to disable a VNC client >computer's modifier keys? If I'm controlling a Mac with a Mac and try to use >a Command-char, Option-char, or Option-char combo, it will issue the command >to the VNC Server running on the local client, not to the host. Timb

Re: Stable VNC Server for Mac OS 9.x? (was Clipboard...)

2001-06-27 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I just started up with VNC a few days ago. I've tried AT&T's VNCServer for >Mac PPC 3.3.3b2 and ChromiVNC Server FAT 3.4.0a5 for Mac and they're both >buggy as hell. Both implementations freeze the host Mac frequently. I've >tried increasing memory allocation. I'm concurrently running Timbuktu 5.

Re: Disabling client computer's modifier keys

2001-06-27 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I installed VNCThing and tried it. Same problem. The checkbox in Options, >"Release Modifiers", doesn't seem to do anything. For example, if I'm in the >Finder and issue Command-N (new folder), VNCThing's New Session window pops >up on my client Mac. Am I unclear on the concept? Timbuktu makes it

Re: Stable VNC Server for Mac OS 9.x? (was Clipboard...)

2001-06-27 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Last couple days, I've encountered less crashing/freezing of ChromiVNC >server (OS 9.1) and more of this: a sudden disconnect and inablility to >reconnect with server. When I physically go to the server, I find that the >Mac's mouse click has not been released. Clicking on the server's mouse >res

Re: Stable VNC Server for Mac OS 9.x?

2001-06-27 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I forgot to mention that the mouse-down release problem described below goes >away as soon as I quit ChromiVNC Server FAT. No need to reboot. - RCS How about when you disconnect the client? The server shouldn't be doing anything with the mouse when there isn't any client connected. It also s

Re: Stable VNC Server for Mac OS 9.x?

2001-06-28 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Does it with no client connected. Does it also do that with the original vncPatches (from ChromiVNC distribution)? -- -- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not for attachments) website: http://www.chr

Re: GPL question for VNC

2001-07-10 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I'm interested in using VNC for a proprietary project. >My question is can I write a VNC client from scratch >using the rfb protocol document under a non GPL license? > >I would not package the GPL server with the client but >simply link to the Server. I havent read anything reguarding >implemen

Re:VNC Compatible with Mac OS 9.1?

2001-07-11 Thread Jonathan Morton
>>Is VNC compatible with Mac OS 9.1? >> >>I cannot configure the viewer. When I click on the Options button, the >>dialog box closes. I cannot make any of the option choices shown in the >>documentation. (I also can't make a connection, but that's another matter.) > >Works fine with 9.1, get Ch

Re: RFB Protocol 4.0 - encodings wanted

2001-07-15 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I'd like to see all the other encodings documented, including >the Tridia ones. I'm already working on this, and it'll go up on my site when I've caught up with the original ORL documentation. From that point, I'll add new information as I get hold of and understand it sufficiently. Bonus po

Re: RFB Protocol 4.0 - encodings wanted

2001-07-16 Thread Jonathan Morton
>We already use RFB version 4.x in some of our projects. We're now developing >version 5.0 of the protocol which is a substantial change from the version 3 >protocols. It would be good to coordinate over what version number you choose >for your new protocol so that we don't release incompatible

Re: Alternative VNCservers for the mac

2001-07-23 Thread Jonathan Morton
>gerard: > >following are the servers that I know of: > >1) the AT&T server at > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/download.html >2) the "Chromatix" alternative server at > http://wrench.et.ic.ac.uk/adrian/software/vnc/ or > http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ >3) the Mac OS X

Re: This list has fallen onto the ORBS black list

2001-07-23 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Not sure who to tell this to but all the VNC messages coming in are being >blocked by ORBS and referred to me as postmaster. I presume the mail server >hosting this list isn't supposed to be on the ORBS block list. The ORBS list is defunct. The blockages are from one of the nameservers which i

Re: Mac to PC Second Mouse Button

2001-08-07 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I'm on a Mac with a 2 button mouse, and I am connected to a PC. I would like >to be able to use my second mouse button on my Mac as I would on the PC, can >someone tell me the command to put in the key mapping dialog? I can't seem >to get it to work! For starters, go to http://www.webthing.net/v

Re: Windows/Command/Meta-key mapping (was: Re: Taskmanager and a comments about VNC)

2001-08-13 Thread Jonathan Morton
> > For example, if the Windows Key could be mapped to the Command Key >> on a Mac > >As far as I'm aware, that should happen for ChromiVNC Server. >I have to admit that I've never tried this (since I don't go near any form >of Windows OS as a general rule), but provided that the

Re: NT <-> internet <-> Mac

2001-08-14 Thread Jonathan Morton
>If I try and do anything even slightly compilcated (dragging of >multiple files) it causses my mac to crash. This weird interaction with the Drag Manager is a known problem in my vncPatches, which is fixed by Adrian Umpleby's vncPatches68k. You will find a link to his website in the ChromiVN

Re: Smart/dynamic determination of encoding type?

2001-08-16 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Greg Breland's message about how TightVNC could perform worse than VNC >got me thinking... > >It would be nice if TightVNC (and VNC in general, for that matter), >could have a "best" encoding option. Assuming that you can get some >round-trip timing information, then you could dynamically determi

Re: ChomiVNC http server not working......

2001-08-29 Thread Jonathan Morton
>However when I tried the web interface, it is just not their. >the application claims it is... HELP Please read the ReadMe file that comes with ChromiVNC. It explains what is needed to get the HTTP server running at present. I hope to make it much easier to use in a future release, but

Re: Mac version beta 2.2

2001-08-29 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I am looking for the latest beta of release of VNC where i can set the >display/port number. Thank you ! See the URL in my signature. -- -- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not for attachments) websit

Re: VNC Password Auto-Entry Mac68k???

2001-08-29 Thread Jonathan Morton
>VNC Password Auto-Entry Mac68k??? > >I'm using a Macintosh 68K Powerbook 540 >with touch panel as a front end for my >home automation network. > >Problem is the password. I have no keyboard >to enter the password. Is there a way to make the >Macintosh 68K version of VNC start without entering

Re: VNC Password Auto-Entry Mac68K

2001-08-30 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Unfortunately, VNCthing requires OS8.1 >I'm using Mac OS7.5.5 Not sure if this is the latest the >powerbook will run, but it is the latest I could find for free. >Guess I should have mentioned that I'm looking for a free >solution. VNC is free, shouldn't have to pay for a way to >start it. You

Re: VNC Password Auto-Entry Mac68K

2001-08-31 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I have a version of VNC viewer (my own code) that I know runs on OSes as >old as 7.6.1. If you find that it has bugs on 7.5.x, let me know, I will >try to fix them for you. > >you can find it at: > >http://www.geocities.com/tim_senecal > >it does require open transport. > >it does create "sessi

Re: VNC Password Auto-Entry Mac68K

2001-08-31 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I don't have any copies of MacVNC up and didn't keep any around, sorry. >I could probably retrieve an old copy of the source from Voodoo if >anyone's interested, but you're also going to need an old copy of >CodeWarrior to get it to build. I think I've still got at least a binary copy on my Quad

Re: Mac OS Xa

2001-10-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
>> >I would really like to know if anyone else has had strange problems >> >with VNC viewers under OSX. > >Been using VNCThing since the OSX Public Beta days. Never had a >problem. Right now I'm using OSX.0.4 and run VNCThing all the >time, connecting to PC's running all flavors of Windows

Re: changing Mac server port number for main display

2001-10-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I have a little network behind a cable modem router at the CEO's home, >consisting of workstations of various platforms. I need from time to time >to connect to one or the other of these machines from work, so I have >installed VNC on each of these machines. As the cable modem is a single IP >c

Re: Win VNC with Win VNC

2001-10-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
> would like to know how come VNC is not used for connecting from = >windows machine to windows machine just like pcanywhere? is there any = >chance that future version will be able to do that? You must be confused. It *is* used like that. -- ---

RE: TridiaVNC Pro GPL violation?

2001-10-19 Thread Jonathan Morton
> >From what I can tell it certainly looks as though the Pro version is not >free to install and use after the 30-day evaluation period. > >Refer to the following quote from the TridiaVNC Pro Price List at >http://www.tridiavncpro.com/product/pricing.html > >"TridiaVNC Pro Media Kit Includes print

TridiaVNC Pro licensing (was Re: GPL violation)

2001-10-19 Thread Jonathan Morton
Just to nip something else: http://www.openssl.org/";> The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under an Apache-style licence, which basically means that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial purposes subject to some simple license conditions. So, even though TVNC Pro inclu

Re: Black screen using PPC Mac viewer

2001-10-25 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I have installed the VNC PPC Mac server on a few of our G4s but when I >connect to them all I get is a black screen. One of the Macs is beside me >and I can see the pointer moving on the server screen but cannot see >anything on my viewer. I did manage to see the desktop briefly this morning >b

Re: Message from Detroit

2001-10-29 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I just downloaded the VNC version for the Macintosh and it works >great. I just need to find out how to emulate a right mouse-click >with the one-button Macintosh mouse. Anybody has an idea? http://www.webthing.net/vncthing/ VNCThing will let you choose a modifier key to use for each mouse bu

Re: VNC Server + Energy Saver on Macintosh?

2001-10-30 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Has anyone had any success running a VNC server with the Energy Saver >control panel (which puts Mac to sleep) on a Macintosh? I'd like to put my >Mac to sleep and have it wake up when I access it with VNC. I tried setting >the Energy Saver to wake up on LAN activity, but it wakes up immediately

Re: CPU time????

2001-10-31 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Does running VNC on a Unix box eats up the CPU time? Depends on what you're using it for, and whether you're logged into it. If you're not logged in and you have nothing drawing into the server framebuffer, it won't take any CPU. If you're logged in and have a big animation going, of course

Re: VNC and KDE

2001-10-31 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I am running Red Hat 7.1 and tried to modify the xstartup file so that it >would load KDE. But it failed miserably always crashing. > >Am I doing something wrong or is KDE incompatible with this or what is the >problem that I am having? What am I doing wrong... You need to start Xvnc with "-

Re: Confirmation on connection

2001-11-01 Thread Jonathan Morton
>We are testing several remote control programs, to replace an outdated (non >W2K compliant) program we are using nowadays on our helpdesk (Reachout). > >The program is used to help our end-users when they have problems with their >desktop applications > >VNC seems an ideal candidate, but we ran i

Re: virus?

2001-11-02 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I'm new to the list, but I have been using VNC for a few years now >on several platforms. > >On an NT4.0 system Sophos Anit-Virus reports that W32/Hybris-B was >detected in vncviewer.exe. This is reported as soon as the file >vnc-3_3_3r9_x86_win32.zip is unzipped. I saw the virus notes in >the

Re: searching tool: recording video of application usage

2001-11-02 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I hope you can help me with this one. Is there a tool I could use to >make a presentation of a programm, when programm is not available >where I have to do the presentation. > >Is there any tool that allows me to prepare the presentation on e.g. hardisk? > >This includes the video output with m

JPEG encoding

2001-11-03 Thread Jonathan Morton
Can someone remind me which of the available VNC clients have JPEG-encoding support? I'm trying to test something. Details of how the encoding is expected would be handy, too. TIA, -- -- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail:

Re: Xwindows CHOOSER and VNC strangeness

2001-11-03 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I then select 1 of the Xservers from the list and select "ok". > >The vncviewer then exits. ( This is strange to me why???) > >I then connect back to the CHOOSER machine and the machine then connects me to >the Xserver that I had chosen on the first connection from the list. If the server's reso

RE: JPEG encoding

2001-11-04 Thread Jonathan Morton
>That would be Tight VNC. Detailed explanation of encoding probably best >left to Const Kaplinsky... Looking at the TightVNC source, it seems that JPEG is implemented as a subencoding of TightVNC, rather than as something separate. Still, it may be usable for what I have in mind. More detail

Re: was TightVNC compression vs. SSH compression, now protocol overheads

2001-11-08 Thread Jonathan Morton
> > Is the slowdown that results from SSH caused by 1) an increase in >the amount >> of data sent between the two endpoints of the secure tunnel or is the >> slowdown caused by 2) just the additional computation necessary to encrypt >> and decrypt the data stream? > >Rather than ask the questi

Re: am I on line??

2001-11-14 Thread Jonathan Morton
>If anyone sees this message, could you please reply? >I don't think I'm getting through. It's getting through all right. Make sure you're subscribed properly (CC'ed to make sure he gets this). If you get two copies of this message, you're subscribed - otherwise not. --

Re: Need Mac VNC Server without rfbauth option

2001-11-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
>The reason is, that I have to control the Mac from a Linux Box. This can >be very >nicely achieved by the progs rfbmacro and rfbproxy by Tim Waugh. Both >however >do not yet support auth. See the URL in my signature - ChromiVNC can operate without a password, if you simply leave both password f

Re: Windows XP

2001-11-22 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I'm using vnc and if i want to print out something from the program i am in >it only gives me the option for my work printers how do i print to my home >printer? You have to move the file onto the computer with the printer on it. VNC doesn't provide direct support for this, but you could FTP it

Re: How to choose which IP VNC uses

2001-11-27 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Wow. I didn't even know Crapintoshes could do NAT... That's what IPNetRouter is for. And please don't insult Macs. >But more to the >point, can't you just block all outsiders from ports 5800-5999? Those >are the ports VNC uses. That's probably the best idea. I don't recall whether IPNR will

Re: How to choose which IP VNC uses

2001-11-28 Thread Jonathan Morton
> > And please don't insult Macs. > >Why shouldn't I? I use one every day, and believe me, if I could, I'd >throw that POS right out the window! Strange, I have four of them and want more. > > BT! Wrong! Well, right if you were only using the AT&T server. >> But ChromiVNC is a *lot* mo

Re: Can you disable remote pointer & keyboard with a UNIX VNC server?

2001-11-28 Thread Jonathan Morton
>We're running a VNC server on Solaris. For shared connections we'd >like to disable the remote user's mouse and keyboard...an option we >see is available with the Window VNC. Does anyone know how to do >this? There was a patch to Xvnc available which allowed a separate "view-only password".

Re: MacViewer into PCs

2001-11-29 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I will be away for 10 days at New Year's and still need >to access all the systems for routine maintenance. I will >be thousands of miles away. I will be using a friend's >Mac OS 8.6. http://www.webthing.net/vncthing/ Don't forget to turn off RRE encoding in this viewer, it tends to mess thing

Re: SuSE 7.1 on CHRP-PPC (RS/6000) platform

2001-11-29 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I'm still lost in finding a VNC for this setup (see subject). Any >ideas? Compile Xvnc for Linux. If that doesn't work, it's a bug - report it. -- -- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not for attach

Re: Mac VNC Question

2001-11-29 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I discovered VNC in a MacAddict Article "10 Things You Don't Know >How to Do (and Probably Shouldn't)", and it worked great under Mac >OS 8.6. However, Mac OS 9 is out, and has been for sometime. When I >went to OS 9, the program upon connection, with the right settings, >before it asks for t

Re: macintosh issue....

2001-10-10 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I am connecting to a Mac from Windows. I need for the desktop picture >to NOT display since it is really slow. Is there anyway to disable it >(so it doesn't pass the 1024x768 jpg over the network)? Yes. Open the Appearance control panel, go to the Desktop tab, click on the offending picture an

Re: Password Protect Change Password

2001-11-30 Thread Jonathan Morton
>What I want to ask is if there is a way to password protect the ability to >change the server password? I've got it installed on my mother-in-law's >Win98 PC (as a service) and my brother-in-law keeps changing the password so >he can get into her computer. There isn't a "password protection" on

Re: Mac VNC Question

2001-11-30 Thread Jonathan Morton
>>It's a long-standing bug, one of many. See the URL in my signature >>for a fix. > >The link is dead. Sorry about that, unbeknownst to me my ISP was moving servers at the time, including the one hosting my website. It came back again about an hour or two later. --

Re: ssh -R to hear ports outside the firewall

2001-12-04 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Thank you, I tried now to connect at linux server from another port, but >with the same result. >The interesting thing is that while 'ssh -R' tunnel is established vnc >viewer does not return any messages, but when I close the tunnel it >immediatesy tell to the consol I started it from that VNC s

Re: ssh -R to hear ports outside the firewall

2001-12-05 Thread Jonathan Morton
> > That might be a DNS-reverse-lookup problem. Leave it for a few > > minutes and see if it completes the connection. > >Hi Jonatan, will you please instruct me in details what should I do >and what may be the source of such DNS-reverse-lookup check which >failed, - VNC server, viewer or ssh

RE: ssh -R to hear ports outside the firewall

2001-12-05 Thread Jonathan Morton
> > I waited several hours, but nothing happened. Is there >> anybody succeded in >> connecting to VNC server through the tunnel, organized by >> "ssh -R" option? > >It works. But my experience is that when "ssh -R" is used with sshd on linux >(at least OpenSSH), then sshd listens only on 127.

Re: VNC on Agenda VR3?

2001-12-07 Thread Jonathan Morton
>This cute lil' PDA is sort of an orphan now. It runs Linux. It runs X. >It supports 4-bit gray scale It has a 3" screen. It runs on two AA >batteries. It has a serial port. Has anybody put either VNC server or a >VNC viewer on this puppy? If it runs Linux and X, and has a network connection, I s

Re: Problem flipping between 2 screens

2001-12-07 Thread Jonathan Morton
>My problem is that there appears to be 2 separate screens which are being >handled and presented by the vncserver. I can open up an xterm window, add >Xeyes, etc. and then work with a program which uses multiple windows on >screen (dia or fetchmailconf). > >When I am in the middle of doing someth

Re: Connection Speed

2001-12-07 Thread Jonathan Morton
>What in the min Connection Speed VNC needs There is no hard minimum. However, you will find performance degrades on very slow connections, or on slow connections when complex graphics are being viewed. Some people use VNC from PDAs with 9600 baud connections. An average-sized desktop shoul

Re: MacVNC Question

2001-12-12 Thread Jonathan Morton
> >> There's an extension backend, but you still have to run the VNC Server >>> application frontend don't you? >> >> No, the first version of ORL/ATT's Mac server was a pure extension, >> there was a control panel to configure it but that was not necessary >> to run (after configuration). >

Re: MacVNC Question

2001-12-12 Thread Jonathan Morton
> >>> I'm trying to implement VNC on a few MacOS 8.5 computers I >have, but don't want there to be any "evidence" per se of VNC's presence. I'd like to use the computers without VNC having to be in the list of running applications and no UI whatsoever. Any ideas? Ah

Re: Reverse connect: How to select 1 of many servers

2001-12-12 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I'm running a number of vncservers on a host. >Is there a way to specify which one I want >for a reverse connection? Thanks. What platform? -- -- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not for attachments

Re: AW: Timeout Problem with XP - firewall not the problem

2001-12-12 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Slashdot.org, circa 2006: > >Microsoft announced today the release of Windows PUO (the PU stands for >Pay Us Often.) It is most notable for its vastly simplified license >agreement - the new release ships with a short 500-page EULA that is >rumored to require only one new license to be purchased

Re: MacVNC Question

2001-12-12 Thread Jonathan Morton
>It's perfectly understandable that you don't want your project used as >"spyware". I simply want to use it between a few computers of mine. My macs >are at a 640x480 resolution so *any* less bit of screen clutter would be the >best... I shouldn't have used phrases such as "don't want any evidence

Re: Macintosh TightVNC

2001-12-22 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Well, since TightVNC is based on VNC code, it has to be GPL. What I was >really asking is, are there any pitfalls in using Unix or Windows C code >on a Mac? Also, are there any free compilers for the Mac? Personally, I recommend working with Dair Grant and his VNCThing viewer rather than the AT

Re: Is VNC still being worked on?

2001-12-29 Thread Jonathan Morton
>If you run a TightVNC server that uses extra >compression over the protocol, how can a >non-TightVNC viewer understand it? The viewer fails to send the indication that it understands Tight encoding (which is correct - it doesn't), and so the server simply doesn't send it. >I thought you had t

Re: RFB Protocol

2002-01-13 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Does someone know, why RFB which is not fixed message size protocol (when it >comes to screen updates) is not defined the Following way: > >[CARD32 MessageSize] >[Message[MessageSize]] > >Why the protocol does not contain a Message Size field as the 1st member? Lack of foresight, probably. The

RE: RFB Protocol

2002-01-13 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Ahm, can we change it?, I mean it's not SUCH a big change and I'm sure that >all of us will support it. And we can always maintain backward >compatibility. How? Think about all the massive set of software already using the old system. Don't answer that. I've already thought of a way that does

RE: Loading Initial Screen then disconnects

2002-01-31 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Alex - Changing the NIC solved the problem. The old one was an ancient >AT-1500T running at 10Mhz half duplex. We put in a newer card and >nailed it up at 100Mhz/half duplex. > >We did have the switch port fixed 10/half - we've experienced too many >problems with auto-negotiation in the past.

RE: Macintosh PPC - Run as a Hidden Process

2002-02-07 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I remember a tool called KeepItUp >that ran in the background on the Mac and was tied to certain apps. When you >tried to close an app that was monitored, KeepItUp would prevent it from >closing. This looks like the solution most people actually need, provided the tool still exists and works c

Re: Macintosh VNC & Security

2002-02-11 Thread Jonathan Morton
> I'm attempting to convince my IT dept. that I need VNC to run on the >Macs in my labs. Basically, VNC allows me and my staff to assist our >clients remotely, which is a huge blessing because our labs are spread all >over campus, so we're not always physically in position to help our clients

Re: Mac PPC Viewer getting OT error

2002-03-01 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I just tried setting up a Mac PPC Viewer on a Mac OS 8.5 system running >Open Transport 2.0.1. When attempting to connect I immediately get > >OTOptionManagement fails f3a0 kOTStateChangeErr - State >is changing - try again later This is a known problem with the AT&T viewer. http://

Re: Right-clicks from a Mac

2002-03-05 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I'm VNCing to a Windows machine from a Mac, and can't find a way of >sending right-clicks. > >Can anyone enlighten me? http://www.webthing.net/vncthing/ -- -- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not fo

RE: Right-clicks from a Mac

2002-03-05 Thread Jonathan Morton
>So in sum -- VNCThing and a two button mouse was a >simple solution that was non-invasive to my friend's >machine. I recommend you try that. I also got some >helpful and prompt support from Jonathan Morton on this >list who I believe is the developer. I'm not the d

RE: VNC Manager only free for personal use

2002-03-12 Thread Jonathan Morton
> This thread is turning good. ;) It's all in good spirit. >I'm sure the *NIX guys are saying "'common, what's all this scanner >fuss about, we have NMAP!" ;) We Windowz users like a GUI for >everything. What, you mean like NmapFE? ;) (so he says from his swanky new MacOS X installa

Re: VNC zlib Advisory draft 1

2002-03-13 Thread Jonathan Morton
>If you maintain a version of VNC that includes zlib in the viewer or >server, please get back to me if you are affected, and what plans you >have to go to zlib version 1.1.4 or the fixed version of zlib from >Redhat. >Product:ChromiVNC ChromiVNC does not yet implement the Zlib

RE: VNC zlib Advisory draft 1

2002-03-14 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Apple does not seem to have made any comment about Classic Mac OS. >(Do apps have to include their own zlib if used in Classic, just as >VNCThing has?) As far as I can tell, all Classic applications that use Zlib are statically linked with it, except for a few which include a dynamic library w

RE: VNC zlib Advisory draft 1

2002-03-14 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Depends on your malloc() implementation. The thing that causes the bug >to appear is an input stream constructed *just* *so*, and that *is* >platform independent as the inflate input stream is the same regardless >of platform. Bad things happen when malloc()/free() from libc is also >faulty or fa

RE: VNC zlib Advisory draft 1

2002-03-14 Thread Jonathan Morton
>The prerequisites required to allow this exploit are: ...or a rogue server that is imitating a known server. Man in the middle attack is therefore possible. -- -- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (n

RE: VNC zlib Advisory draft 1

2002-03-14 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Sure it's possible to authenticate against a nasty server if they have >discovered your password. A rogue server could ask for a password, send a challenge, and then ignore the response and just let you in, and then set up the exploit on the viewer. It wouldn't even need to send you through t

Re: VNC over AppleTalk?

2002-03-17 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I would like to use VNC to connect to my old Mac (Performa 6400). I want >to connect them using AppleTalk through the serial (printer) port. > >So here are two questions: >1. Would the bandwidth be enough to have a >reasonable working connection with the server running at the lowest >resolution (

Re: [VCN] ivisit

2002-03-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
> > ivisit running, the ivisit webcam images on the client window do not > > refresh unless one of the mouse buttons on the client are pushed. Turn on some of the Polling options in the server preferences. -- -- from: Jonathan "C

Re: Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread Jonathan Morton
>When I use VNC to access the TV computer it works fine but the >window that shows the video signal is black. That's because TV cards normally use an "overlay" mode to boost performance and free the CPU. The TV signal never reaches the video card's framebuffer where VNC can see it, but is ins

RE: Watching video using VNC

2002-03-21 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Is this simply because that the video in application is a >hardware solution, or do other graphical systems bypass VNC? It's mostly restricted to video. However, some early 3D cards (specifically the 3dfx Voodoo and Voodoo2) attached inline with the existing video adapter, and would also show

Re: no static ip

2002-03-21 Thread Jonathan Morton
>My dsl connection changes ip# every 12 hours from the ISP (Bellsouth Fast >Access). Is there a way I can have the new IP# sent to me when it changes or >some type of software that does this ? http://www.dyndns.org/ -- -- from: Jon

Re: VNC on NT4-Server with Mac client

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Anyone else able to shed some light on what's in vogue for Mac telnet >clients? My last use of telnet from a Mac was NCSA's telnet client back in >1994. I use BetterTelnet (based on NCSA Telnet), unless I want SSH. For the latter, I use NiftyTelnet with SSH support added. --

Re: Multiple monitors vnc for mac server?

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Does anybody know something about macosx (or 9.x) vnc server which >supports multiple monitors (screens)?? ChromiVNC will do this under MacOS 7.5.5 or later - it will assign a display node for each monitor - but is not quite suitable for MacOS X. I don't know whether OSXvnc will handle it.

Re: VNC bugtraq advisory release candidate now available

2002-03-24 Thread Jonathan Morton
>The advisory is looking pretty solid, and I'll be posting it in some 24 >hours from now to Bugtraq. Please check out the release candidate for >any last minute errors, omissions etc. Tiny niggle... my name is spelled incorrectly. :) --

RE: sound problem

2002-03-25 Thread Jonathan Morton
>yea, it did work before that.. but i hate the onboard sound, it >really is horrible. and i just bought all these new speakers and a >new card, it cant be the card becuase i already went through 2. soo >it has to be software. Sometimes this problem appears on certain m/boards, especially cer

Re: Mac VNC

2002-04-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I got around it by installing the previous version (beta 2) on another >machine and configing via that, and then just copied the prefs file to my >VNC server machine running beta 3. It seems to have worked that way (I >can now make my changes via the VNC control panel and save them >correctly). >

Re: Building ChromiVNC Server

2002-04-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
>>>Is it practical to build ChromiVNC Server using MPW? >> >>As far as I'm aware (Jonathan will give you 100% answer here), >>it requires the Powerplant framework (Metrowerks CodeWarrior). >> >>I don't know if it's possible to download and use these classes these >>days without CodeWarrior itself.

Re: VNC server for Mac

2002-04-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
>The Chromatix version will not unstuff into a folder of files at all. As described on my website, you probably need the latest version of StuffIt Expander from http://www.aladdinsys.com/ to unpack ChromiVNC. -- -- from: Jonathan

Re: Mac VNC

2002-04-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
> >I find it a lot more stable than AT&T VNC, even though it does have a few >>"oddities" of its own... > >I glanced that direction before I installed the AT&T version, but since >the last update of Chromi was almost a year ago, and it is listed as >alpha, I figured it was probably really unstabl

Re: Mac VNC

2002-04-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
> >I glanced that direction before I installed the AT&T version, but since >>the last update of Chromi was almost a year ago, and it is listed as >>alpha, I figured it was probably really unstable and mostly unsupported. > >Well, Jonathan usually keeps an eye on this list and is often quite >resp

Re: VNC with headless Mac

2002-04-18 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I remember Jonathan mentioning to me that he thought it was better >for the client to have the whole display at its end, even if it was >not all needed, so it was ready for the case when it scrolled into >view (or something like that...) I was having particular trouble with certain viewers, whic

Re: Status of VNC for Mac?

2002-04-19 Thread Jonathan Morton
>What's the current status of VNC for the Mac? What different versions are >out there, how well do they work, etc.? I'm currently trying to use the >basic one linked off the main vnc page, but it crashes every time I log >in. Yes, the basic AT&T server (all available versions) is extremely buggy.

Re: Status of VNC for Mac?

2002-04-19 Thread Jonathan Morton
>Is the performance of ChromiVNC decent on the older Macs? The oldest machine I've personally tested it on is a Quadra 840AV, on which it is a little slow, but still very usable provided you don't put continuous-tone images on the screen. Adrian has tested it on an '030, which is obviously muc

Re: ChromiVNC Problems: Applet Not Working

2002-04-20 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I just installed ChromiVNC under OS 9.2.2, and the applet isn't working. Could that be because ChromiVNC does not include the Java applet on it's own? It does include a webserver which you can attach the applet to. This *is* explained in the Read Me file that comes with ChromiVNC. -- -

Re: ChromiVNC Problems: Applet Not Working

2002-04-20 Thread Jonathan Morton
>On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Jonathan Morton wrote: > >> >I just installed ChromiVNC under OS 9.2.2, and the applet isn't working. >> >> Could that be because ChromiVNC does not include the Java applet on >> it's own? It does include a webserver which yo

Re: ChromiVNC Problems: Applet Not Working

2002-04-20 Thread Jonathan Morton
> > It is a separate file in the Xvnc distribution, so you can get it >> from there. Bear in mind that you'll have to edit the HTML file to >> remove the "dynamic" portions, since ChromiVNC's webserver doesn't >> yet have any dynamic features. But maybe someone has already put >> together s

Re: ChromiVNC Problems: Applet Not Working

2002-04-21 Thread Jonathan Morton
>I see a page with the title I specified, with "applet loading", reloading, >running, etc. in the status bar. If I use the correct XHTML code I tried >before, I even see a frame around where the applet goes, droawn at the >correct size. What I don't see is the buttons or the name and password >inp

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