Hi Scott,

The "via" option is specific to the TightVNC project, as far as I'm aware.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Hyde
> Sent: 09 June 2006 01:33
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: via option
> 
> For those that produce the documentation for the vnc package, I would
> request that documentation of the "via" option be placed on the manual
> page for the Linux/Unix vncviewer page, as it does not exist 
> on the page
> currently.  If it exists somewhere else, will someone kindly 
> point it out
> to me?
> 
> The man page for vncviewer in the Tightvnc package contains some
> documentation on the via option.  I have used the option, 
> which initiates
> an ssh tunnel before connecting to a vnc server.  I think 
> that this option
> is very important, as it reduces the number of steps to 
> initiate a secure
> vnc session, which increases the security of the free version 
> of RealVNC.
> 
> -Scott
> 
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Scott Hyde wrote:
> 
> >
> > Can someone describe the "via" option?  I find out about 
> the via option
> > from a "vncviewer --help" (As shown below.)  Is it similar 
> to the via
> > option of tightvnc?
> >
> > -Scott
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
> > See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
> >
> > usage: vncviewer [parameters] [host:displayNum] [parameters]
> >        vncviewer [parameters] -listen [port] [parameters]
> >
> > Parameters can be turned on with -<param> or off with -<param>=0
> > Parameters which take a value can be specified as -<param> <value>
> > Other valid forms are <param>=<value> -<param>=<value> 
> --<param>=<value>
> > Parameter names are case-insensitive.  The parameters are:
> >
> > Global Parameters:
> >   name           - The X window name (default=)
> >   MenuKey        - The key which brings up the popup menu 
> (default=F8)
> >   DebugDelay     - Milliseconds to display inverted pixel 
> data - a debugging
> >                    feature (default=0)
> >   via            - Gateway to tunnel via (default=)
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