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author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Fri May 22 07:54:03 2020 +0100 (2020-05-22) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/x11vnc/description.txt Fri May 22 07:54:03 2020 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ 1.4 +x11vnc allows to view remotely and interact with real X displays 1.5 +(i.e. a display corresponding to a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse) 1.6 +with any VNC viewer. 1.7 +In this way it plays the role for Unix/X11 that WinVNC plays for Windows. 1.8 + 1.9 +It has built-in SSL/TLS encryption and 2048 bit RSA authentication, 1.10 +including VeNCrypt support; UNIX account and password login support; 1.11 +server-side scaling; single port HTTPS/HTTP+VNC; Zeroconf service advertising; 1.12 +and TightVNC and UltraVNC file-transfer. 1.13 +It has also been extended to work with non-X devices: 1.14 +natively on Mac OS X Aqua/Quartz, webcams and TV tuner capture devices, 1.15 +and embedded Linux systems such as Qtopia Core. 1.16 +Full IPv6 support is provided. 1.17 + 1.18 +It also provides an encrypted Terminal Services mode (-create, -svc, or -xdmsvc options) 1.19 +based on Unix usernames and Unix passwords where the user does not need to memorize 1.20 +his VNC display/port number. 1.21 +Normally a virtual X session (Xvfb) is created for each user, but it also works with 1.22 +X sessions on physical hardware. See the tsvnc terminal services mode of the SSVNC viewer 1.23 +for one way to take advantage of this mode.