: So, short of rewriting VNC (otherwise, why would I bother writing to : this list?), what can one do to run a VNC session over USB. : And I don't mean to use an USB ethernet adapter, I mean a straight : USB-USB connection from the winXP box to a unix.
You can use port forwarding over a non-TCP/IP link. For a concrete example, you could use ssh with ProxyCommand, which would intercept traffic to a TCP port, and instead of sending it as IP packets over a network, send it over any arbitrary stream of bytes via any physical device. Then the trick is, choose a command that'll send a stream of bytes over a USB connection. Of course, ssh is just an example; you could probably use netcat or other "plumbing" tools which turn TCP into "standard input" and then back to TCP. The point being, you don't have to have IP packets going end-to-end; you just have to have the viewer connect to a TCP port visible to the viewer, and the server accept connections on a TCP port on the server; in the middle, anything can happen. I don't know of such a tool for USB specifically, nor what port forwarding tools are available for winXP, but it should be possible to create one to use with netcat, or with ssh, which would work over USB, at far less effort than rewriting VNC. But again, not just a config item or an off-the-shelf tool, afaik. Wayne Throop [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
