Harmen van der Wal wrote:
>
> "Joseph A. Knapka" wrote:
> >
> > Harmen van der Wal wrote:
> > >
> > > For those who must go through their LAN's HTTP proxy there's a bunch of
> > > http-tunnel-tools out there, but it would be ideal in my mind to have a
> > > Java applet do it, becuase you can use it wherever you might happen to
> > > be. Off course this would also require adjustment on the server-side.
> >
> > I am not sure I understand this point. You seem to be saying,
> >
> > (1) It is possible, with no client or server changes, to tunnel
> > both HTTP and RFB connections through a third-party HTTP tunnel
> > host, and achieve a connection;
>
> Well, the client connects to the client-side tunnel software instead of
> to the actual vnc-server; the actual vnc-server gets a connection from
> the server-side tunnel software. Both vnc client and server need not
> know whats actually going on.
> >
> > (2) the applet and server should just wrap the RFB protocol inside
> > HTTP, and thus eliminate the http-tunnel host.
>
> I would like to have at least incorporated the client-side http-tunnel
> software in the Java viewer. The whole purpose of the Java viewer is
> that you will always have a viewer available wherever you are. You
> shouldn't have to bring your own tunnel software along in order to be
> able to use it.
I understand now. Is there any standard for tunnelling other
protocols over HTTP, or do all of those services use their
own ad-hoc methods?
> But if I'm not mistaken, an applet talking HTTP (besides HTTP CONNECT
> off course) will automatically use the browsers proxy configuration,
> without raising security objections as far as the HTTP-proxy-host is
> concerned. This would allow for an applet encapsulating rfb in HTTP,
> transparently using any LAN HTTP proxy.
This seems to be the ideal solution. Though I'm not sure "ideal"
is the ideal word to describe it...
> Now that would render both your and my patch useless;-) Well at least in
> most cases:-((
Woo hoo!
> <...>
>
> --
> Harmen
> Firewall VNC Client: http://www.workspot.net/~harmen/vnc/readme.html
-- Joe Knapka
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