Stephen, Current VNC implementations run the RFB protocol over TCP rather than over a packet-based transport.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [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 > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
