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diff --git a/network/ssvnc/README b/network/ssvnc/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..077c358501 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/ssvnc/README @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +The Enhanced TightVNC Viewer, SSVNC, adds encryption security to VNC +connections. + +The package provides a GUI for Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix that +automatically starts up an STUNNEL SSL tunnel for SSL or ssh/plink for +SSH connections to any VNC server, such as x11vnc, and then launches the +VNC Viewer to use the encrypted tunnel. + +The x11vnc server has built-in SSL support, however SSVNC can make SSL +encrypted VNC connections to any VNC Server if they are running an SSL +tunnel, such as STUNNEL or socat, at their end. SSVNC's SSH tunnel will +work to any VNC Server host running sshd that you can log into. + +The SSVNC Unix vncviewer can also be run without the SSVNC encryption +GUI as an enhanced replacement for the xvncviewer, xtightvncviewer, +etc., viewers. + +In addition to normal SSL, SSVNC also supports the VeNCrypt SSL/TLS and +Vino/ANONTLS encryption extensions to VNC on Unix, Mac OS X, and +Windows. Via the provided SSVNC VeNCrypt bridge, VeNCrypt and ANONTLS +encryption also works with any third party VNC Viewer (e.g. RealVNC, +TightVNC, UltraVNC, etc...) you select via 'Change VNC Viewer'. + +There is a simplified SSH-Only mode (sshvnc). And an even more +simplified Terminal-Services mode (tsvnc) for use with x11vnc on the +remote side. + +Note: +Use "su -" instead of regular "su" to build this package |