I would be happy to see the implementation done using libssh so that the
functionality would be guaranteed. Talks at that time were in regards to
adding different ssl libraries. I believe this can be done using gnutls for
vencrypt and ssh support.
On Jan 20, 2013 3:37 PM, "Eric Stadtherr" <estadth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> My project uses the "-via" capability extensively in our display
> architecture on Red Hat, so I'm very interested in ensuring that
> functionality persists in the new viewer. I've worked on the -via code in
> the old viewer before, and am very familiar with how it works. I'm more
> than willing to add the feature to the new viewer, but I want to make sure
> I'm not duplicating effort. Is anyone else working on this capability?
>
> If I go ahead with it, I could implement it a couple different ways:
>
> 1. spawn an "ssh" executable as a child with a port tunnelled to the
> remote VNC port (the way the old viewer did it). This works fine on Unix
> (assuming the TCP port is handled correctly), but isn't really portable to
> Windows since there isn't a standard ssh command line tool.
> 2. integrate SSH as a library (such as with the OpenSSH library). I
> actually did this to the old viewer, but DRC was uncomfortable adding
> another library dependency at the time. That's the drawback - another 3rd
> party library dependency.
>
> I'd welcome everyone's opinion on approaches.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> On 09/17/2012 02:37 PM, Robert Goley wrote:
>
> The only full featured viewer for TigerVNC is currently the java viewer.
> It has the SSH tunneling and TLS capabilities. The command line is
> slightly changed but a quick script could be written to pass variables
> using the old syntax. Hope this gives you a better work around than
> sticking with the older viewer.
>
> Robert
>
> On 09/17/2012 03:59 PM, SourceForge.net wrote:
>
> Feature Request Tracker item #3552744, was opened at 2012-07-31 12:40
> Message generated for change (Comment added) made by ikelos
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> Category: FLTK viewer
> Group: None
> Status: Open
> Resolution: None
> Priority: 5
> Private: No
> Submitted By: Havin_it (havinit)
> Assigned to: Pierre Ossman (ossman_)
> Summary: FLTK Viewer: reinstate -via functionality
>
> Initial Comment:
> I note the discussion of this issue in #3429667, so this is just putting on
> record that someone is interested in seeing the feature return.
>
> As a sidenote, the vncviewer manpage (on Gentoo, user-submitted 1.2.0 ebuild)
> currently still lists the -via option. If the feature does return, I submit
> that the description could do with some clarification on how to correctly use
> it for complex use-cases, e.g. non-standard SSH or local/remote bound VNC
> ports, or specifying the username on the gateway host. I had to resort to a
> lot of googling and trial-and-error for my use-case (which combines all of
> the above!) ... before finally learning the feature wasn't actually
> implemented :/
>
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> Comment By: Mike Auty (ikelos)
> Date: 2012-09-17 12:59
>
> Message:
> It's a shame this isn't a priority at Cendio. Ever since the auth bypass
> in realvnc, I assume most users deny access to the server apart from
> localhost, and therefore rely on the via option for quick and easy access
> to their servers. I guess I'll be staying at 1.1.0, since the changes
> won't likely have as much of an effect on my productivity as removing the
> via option will, which is a pity...
>
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