I don't know about weird.... but definitely novel and *ugly*...an interesting hack. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Umpleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2002-03-22 11:15 Subject: Re: Limiting the Remote View
: On Friday, March 22, 2002, at 03:23 PM, Marc Bertone wrote: : : > I was wondering if there is some way to limit the remote view when : > someone : > connects via their browser. For example, could I only allow the remote : > client to see my IE window, foremost window, CMD console, etc? : > Basically, I : > would like to selectively share only a part of my desktop while the rest : > would remain hidden to the (view only) viewer. : : One possible (rather wierd and wasteful of screen real-estate) way to do : this, : if the region of the screen you want to show does not move, is to go : through a : secondary vnc server. (Perhaps an Xvnc server would be best, so it does : not use : up another real screen.) : : What you would do is have a vncviewer open on the intermediate box, : showing : the whole screen of your first Windows machine. Then open up some other : blank : windows and obscure the parts of the view you don't want seen. You can : then : advertise this second machine as the one which others connect to. : : i.e: : : +--------+ +-------------+ : | | | +--------+ | : | MS Win |--WinVNC---+->|VNCviewr| |--Xvnc?--> View-only viewer : | | |+-----------+| : +--------+ || obscurer || : |+-----------+| : +-------------+ : : Get the idea? (Hey, I did say it was weird...) : : Adrian : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: : 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY : See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html : --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
