java.net.UnknownHostException:

William Hooper whooper@freeshell.org
Fri Sep 26 14:59:01 2003


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	William Hooper [SMTP:whooper@freeshell.org]
>> Port 5800 is used by VNC's HTTP server to give you the java applet.  The
>> java applet then prompts you for a password, then tries to connect to
>> the
>> VNC server using RFB (port 5900).  Since you have an HTTP proxy
>> everything
>> works until the last step (connecting via RFB).  You would see the exact
>> same thing if you were to only allow connections to port 5800.
>>

Nguyen, Minh (CBA IB) said:
> Is there any way around it?

Open port 5900 for communication directly instead of trying to use the proxy.

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William Hooper