On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:47:43 +0200
Peter Rosin <p...@lysator.liu.se> wrote:

> Den 2009-04-24 11:00 skrev Pierre Ossman:
> > I feel a bit like every option results in ugly complexity somewhere. :/
> > 
> > The best option would be if we could extend the init sequence, but I'm
> > not sure that's feasible.
> 
> If you can live with a dependency on the tight security type, you're all
> set.
> 

The tight mechanism is fairly sensible. The problem is that it is
underdocumented and not widely implemented. As such, I see it as a
hindrance towards having other VNC implementations use this extension.

> 
> I sometimes regret that I didn't do it this way for the gii
> extension [1]. I didn't know how the tight security type worked
> when I did that (at least that's how I defend myself these days,
> can't say that I remember when I knew what with 100% certainity).
> 

With some proper documentation we might be able to make that extension
mechanism more popular. *wink*

Rgds
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