Hi,
I was going to submit a request to RealVNC for an official allocation for a
new security type, but I wanted to run past you guys first for some
feedback. Basically it's an extension that allows a server side daemon to
act as a manager that just redirects clients to the port where user's
session is running (possibly spawning a new server as part of the process).
This makes administration easier by removing the need to keep files (ie:
/etc/sysconfig/vncservers, /etc/xinetd.d/Xvnc) synchronized between hosts.
In my case the daemon is written in perl and also allows users to change
preferences like geometry and depth in a ~/.vncrc file that the daemon
parses before spawning a new Xvnc session. Please let me know if you have
any suggestions.
Thanks,
-brian
--- rfbproto.rst 2011-05-05 07:11:30.550460536 -0400
+++ rfbproto.managed.rst 2011-05-25 16:13:41.104307847 -0400
@@ -603,6 +603,35 @@
Note that the `ServerInit`_ message is extended when the Tight security
type has been activated.
+Managed Security Type
+---------------------
+
+The Managed security type is designed to allow a server-side daemon to
+respond to incoming requests and redirect those clients to another RFB
+port on a per-user basis. The protocol is simple, after the server
+and client agree upon this security type, the client informs the
+server of the length of the username string, followed by the string
+itself.
+
+=================== =================== ===================================
+No. of bytes Type Description
+=================== =================== ===================================
+1 ``U8`` *length of username*
+*username-length* ``U8`` array *username-string*
+=================== =================== ===================================
+
+The server responds by sending the port number that the
+client should attempt to reconnect on.
+
+=================== =================== ===================================
+No. of bytes Type Description
+=================== =================== ===================================
+2 ``U16`` *port-number*
+=================== =================== ===================================
+
+The connection is then closed and the client initializes a connection on
+the new port.
+
Initialisation Messages
+++++++++++++++++++++++
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