RE: Cygwin32 VNCserver

James [Wez] Weatherall ()
Wed, 3 Jun 1998 17:56:26 +0100 (BST)

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> The likely usage of such an X server would be to run it locally on an NT
> machine and send X applications from Unix machines to it - and run
> vncviewer locally to see that X display, right?
>
> Now, as I recall, vncviewer does NOT allow connections to localhost,
> right?

This is not true. The Windows NT VNC server, WinVNC, does not allow
loop-back connections. The viewers impose no such restrictions (indeed,
the X side of the system would be rather less useful if they did!)

Cheers,

James "Wez" Weatherall

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