web based vnc securely

[venkman]

I'd like to use the web based form of vnc viewer so that I don't have to install the viewer on the client machine. I'm going to be doing this over the internet, so I'd prefer not to do it an unsecured fashion. Is there a way to do this in a secure fashion, without using ssh or installing any other software on the client machine (a Windows XP box)? i.e. can I use https rather than http?

-Venkman

 

[venkman]

not to answer my own question, but I found a news group with the exact same question answered.... basically it's not possible without tunnelling which requires installing tunnelling software on the client. Got this from:

http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2002-October/033979.html

reproduced pertinent part below:


The only way to use only one port is to use a VNC client, not the Java-applet. The Java-applet is served from a web page that is one port, but the actual applet itself communicates back using the standard VNC ports. So, by default, to use the Java-applet you need to have port 5800 for the web server and 5900 for VNC. In the example you give the Web server would run on 443 and VNC would run on 543 (unencrypted). Tunneling multiple ports through SSL might work (I have no idea one way or the other).