Remote Desktop Sharing Question.

one_crazy_mofo · n00b Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 4

Does anyone know of a browser-based app that I can install on my linux box at home, that will share the local X display securely? I want to use a browser-based app because I don't control the firewall/proxy at work, and I would like to be able to access my home pc without installing a client everywhere I go.

VNC can be hit through java, but it starts a new X display, is their a project that shows the root desktop?
Can I hit something like Krfb through a browser?

Thanks

lesha · n00b Joined: 18 Nov 2002 Posts: 45

Try gemsvnc (a modernized *rfb derivative). I suggest you use the testing version (ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~arch" emerge gemsvnc, as it has some important improvements (like not eating your CPU alive). You should then be able to use the java applet out of the tightvnc distribution to connect (just host it with apache). You may need to run the VNC server on port 5801 for that to work.

ecatmur · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:28 am Post subject:

Look at vino (gnome-extra/vino).

I submitted the ebuild to Bugzilla, but it hasn't been put into Portage.

It serves the current X display on VNC port 5800, and serves a web page with a Java viewer applet on port 5900.

It's pre-beta, but it works well enough for me.

one_crazy_mofo · n00b Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 4

Thanks for everyone's reply. I'm going to give the first solution a shot, anyone found a way to do this using ssl? I'll admit I haven't looked into the documentation for that yet, but if I figure out how a statisfactory way I'll document it.

lesha · n00b Joined: 18 Nov 2002 Posts: 45

I haven't tried it, but vino's supposed to support VNC over SSL. I suspect that once it matures and fills out a bit, I will migrate to that app. For the moment, the way I encrypt my gemsvnc connection is as follows: