There is one other implementation like that - an ActiveX control called VNCX -
but since it has an older zlib which is vulnerable to an exploit and is not
cross-platform anyway, the Java applet is the way to go.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Johansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Alan Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 2002-04-22 23:53
Subject: Re: Remote Install upon connection script
> At 4/22/2002 Monday 05:02 PM, Alan Rader wrote:
>
> >I heard there was a script out there that VNC could
> >install itself on a machine so you could connect,
> >then uninstall itself when you disconnect.
>
> >Has anyone heard of such a thing?
>
> Alan, perhaps you are thinking of VNC Server's capability to connect with
> any Java-enabled web browser. If you point your browser at port 5800
> (default) of the served machine {http://www.servedmachine.tld:5800/}, a
> built-in web-miniserver will send a page with a Java applet that, in turn,
> connects with the standard VNC port 5900 (default), turning your browser
> into a VNC Viewer.
>
> When you dismiss the page, the applet evaporates. That is an
> install/uninstall--kind of.
>
> I've had occasion to use that feature--it just seems magical and
> extraordinarily clever to me.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Chris Johansen
> 33 Haywood Street
> Asheville, NC 28801-2835
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