On Wed, 6 May 1998, John DeCarlo wrote:
> I know this is a simple question, but I don't seem to have the right
> vocabulary to find what I am looking for via searches on web sites.
>
> It is my understanding that standard X traffic across a network can get
> pretty heavy. And that there are commercial solutions people use when
> doing X across a modem link back to the office.
>
> What I want to research is options under Linux for support of both client
> and server sides to compress or filter or whatever, thereby reducing the
> amount of traffic needed.
>
> Does this make any sense?
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers, especially the correct terms I should
> be using.
Think "LBX". Check the LBX mini-Howto at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/LBX.html. The latest X servers for
RHL 4.2 and 5.0 in the updates directory already have the "LBX" protocol
compiled into them and have the LBX proxy server already compiled for
them.
Note, however, that LBX is really only useful over modem connections. Over
direct Ethernet connections it takes more time to compress and decompress
the data than it takes to send it over the wire.
(PS: Has anybody managed to get the authorization cookie thing to work? I
keep getting a "Not Authorized" when I try to connect to the LBX proxy
server :-( ).
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] Executive Consultants
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