Web client question

[John Wilson]

The VNC web client uses two ports. One of these ports is for HTTP the other
is for RBF (the VNC native protocol).

You have told the VNC client to use port 8080 for the RBF protocol - if you
point a VNC viewer at port 8080 on the target machine you will see the
target machine's screen (after logging on, of course).

You need to find two holes in your firewall and use one for the HTTP port
and one for the RBF.

Just for the record - exposing VNC through a firewall may materially reduce
the security of the system behind the firewall. You should not do this
lightly.

John Wilson
The Wilson Partnership
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----- Original Message -----
From: Shebayev, Eugene (USSM - Debt Markets) <eshebayev "at" exchange.ml.com>
To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
Sent: 11 February 2000 20:28
Subject: RE: Web client question


> The reason it's 8080 is because i am going through a firewall that has a
lot
> of blocked ports (most of them) and 8080 is open (for proxy/web access
> reasons)
>
> i'm just trying to understand how I can use the java enabled browser to
> remote display using WinVNC
>
> -Eugene
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Treahy [mailto:treahy "at" mmaz.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 12:45 PM
> To: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> Subject: Re: Web client question
>
>
> I can't say, but why 8080?  Isn't that a common proxy port?  Shouldn't you
> pick
> something less used?
>
> Barry
>
> "Shebayev, Eugene (USSM - Debt Markets)" wrote:
>
> > Hello all!
> >
> > I am new to this list so pardon for a silly question.
> >
> > I have configured WinVNC to run on port 8080 on my server (NT4 sp4).  i
> have
> > tested to make sure that it does listen on this port and when i connect
> with
> > my web browser (which is either Netscape 4.7 or IE5) i get the following
> > response back to the client:
> >
> > RFB 003.003
> >
> > Can anyone suggest what might be wrong with this setup?
> >
> > Greatly appreciated!
> >
> > -Eugene
> >
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