Stephen,

Current VNC implementations run the RFB protocol over TCP rather than over a
packet-based transport.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Fisher
> Sent: 10 August 2006 23:33
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Packet dissection: server framebuffer update messages
> 
> I am writing a VNC packet dissector for Wireshark and have a few 
> questions about the VNC RFB protocol.  I'm referring to 
> http://www.realvnc.com/docs/rfbproto.pdf to develop this code 
> and am about 3/4 of the way through.
> 
> My first question is about the Server Framebuffer Update 
> message.  Can 
> it span multiple packets?  All of the other types stay within one 
> packet.  However, when my dissector comes across Server Framebufer 
> Updates, the first is malformed (I'm expecting more bytes than are 
> present) and the next few packets (or more) do not start with the 
> standard message type field at the top, which makes me think that 
> they're a continuation of the previous packet.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
>   Steve
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