I honestly don’t know if open source native WebSocket client code even exists. WebSockets is intended for browser applications, so the only places I’ve seen it in client form are JavaScript+HTML 5 and WebAssembly. One of my former corporate employers had a similar type of restrictive firewall and web proxy, but they provided a SOCKS proxy for tunneling arbitrary TCP connections through it. That is the only solution of which I’m aware, other than SSH tunneling.
> On May 30, 2021, at 2:44 PM, Seth Nickell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have an https proxy and an otherwise closed firewall+nat between my > turbovnc server and my viewer, so to reach the turbovnc server, the client > must use websocket/https. > > I need a native viewer which supports accessing the proxy by websocket on a > URL, which will then be proxied to turbovnc's port inside the firewall. > > I already use this setup, and have helped several other people with a similar > constraint. > > I'm using the novnc because it's the only vncviewer i know of with websocket > client support. I'd love to connect with a native client, hence the question. > 🤙 > > > >> On Sun, May 30, 2021, 2:14 AM DRC <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don’t understand the limitation. The WebSocket protocol just wraps the RFB >> protocol, for compatibility with noVNC. Is still uses the RFB port. The RFB >> listener detects whether the connection is from a WebSocket-enabled viewer >> or a regular VNC viewer and automatically activates the WebSocket wrapper if >> necessary. >> >> If you cannot use the RFB port at all, then I don’t understand how you can >> use the WebSocket protocol. But you can always use the TurboVNC Viewer with >> SSH tunneling, which avoids any direct connections to the RFB port. If that >> isn’t an option, then you need to help me understand why. >> >>>> On May 29, 2021, at 10:21 PM, Seth Nickell <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>> Anyone know of reasonably performant native desktop clients (particularly >>> for mac or windows) that support the new websocket mode of turbovnc? I >>> generally use the noVNC viewer, but there are times I'd just like a little >>> more performance, and connecting directly to an RFB port (i.e. without the >>> HTTPS websocket) is a no-go in my situation. >>> >>> I also thought that perhaps there's a reverse version of `websockify` >>> floating around I could use to proxy the websocket as a local socket? Not >>> quite as slick, but any ideas in this direction appreciate too! >>> >>> any ideas appreciated! >>> -Seth >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "TurboVNC User Discussion/Support" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/turbovnc-users/0aa6de82-0843-4c15-8220-4c73a81a7ec3n%40googlegroups.com. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "TurboVNC User Discussion/Support" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/turbovnc-users/076a-NaRl9E/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/turbovnc-users/763560F6-3C47-419F-B225-C162F9AA4FE2%40virtualgl.org. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TurboVNC User Discussion/Support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/turbovnc-users/CAPs6%2BdLuHHUMXJPXjqiBtKeV8D0UVkgG7eR2kgGxrwzjYiq5mQ%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboVNC User Discussion/Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/turbovnc-users/4C36BF16-23F6-460E-9DA2-E55443311043%40virtualgl.org.
