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From: "Mac Reiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: FTP SOLUTION!
> At 11:04 AM 3/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >mac, as one who keeps arguing for a solution to the file
> >xfer problem, i don't believe netmeeting offers a decent
> >solution. i believe it is using IRC to do the file xfer
and
> >if so it is infinitely easier to just set aol IM or yahoo
> >messenger or even icq.
> >
> >if it doesn't use IRC, then even with the inherent flaws,
i
> >would think ftp would still be a *better* (more direct)
> >solution....
>
> OK. You don't want a program that already exists and does
everything you
> asked for. Since it should be fairly obvious that the
people who currently
> do VNC development have no intention of adding this
support, the best
> course of action would be to develop the support yourself
and add it to the
> contributions page.
not at all. i don't believe i've ever argued for the file
xfer to be incorporated into vnc. i merely originally
raised the issue here because it seems to be a common
compaint and i'd love to find a secure workaround (meaning a
secure standalone file xfer method/program).
>
> Adding an FTP server is a non-trivial undertaking. The
protocols are not
> simple. And, I don't even think you really want FTP. FTP
*requires* two
> connections to work, and I'm pretty sure one of the
reasons you want all
> this is to get video, control, and file transfer down a
single connection.
not me.
>
> You might also look at http://www.tridia.vnc That site is
more actively
> engaged in support for the professional remote-control
industry. As an
> example, they now have VNC remote control of the Linux
TEXT mode console.
> They have an active development team whose job/intent is
to modify and
> extend TridiaVNC. By contrast, AT&T developers wrote VNC
as a useful
> internal tool. They were kind enough to GPL it and
provide support when
> possible. Asking them to develop an extensive
functionality that they have
> no use for is unreasonable. TridiaVNC also has a mailing
list
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), which would be a much more
useful place to
> have this ongoing file xfer discussion. You *could* even
purchase
> something from TridiaVNC, thus encouraging them to given
credence to your
> needs.
>
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