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Virtual Network Computing. Sangmi Lee Oct,25,2000 Florida State University. What is VNC?. Virtual Network Computing. Remote display system to view a computer from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. . What are key Features?. Small and simple
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Virtual Network Computing Sangmi Lee Oct,25,2000 Florida State University
What is VNC? • Virtual Network Computing. • Remote display system to view a computer from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. Sangmi Lee Florida State University
What are key Features? • Small and simple • Platform-independent • No state is stored at the viewer • Sharable Sangmi Lee Florida State University
VNC features • Collaborative Visualization • Event handling • Java viewer • Secure VNC using SSH • CORBA interface Sangmi Lee Florida State University
A Windows machine being viewed from a native X viewer. A Windows desktop being used from within Netscape on a Unix machine VNC screenshots Sangmi Lee Florida State University
An X desktop being viewed from a native PC viewer An X desktop being viewed from Microsoft Internet Explorer on a PC. VNC screenshots Sangmi Lee Florida State University
A Unix desktop being accessed from a Macintosh using Java A Windows desktop being accessed from a Macintosh using Java. A Unix desktop being accessed from a native Macintosh viewer VNC screenshots Sangmi Lee Florida State University
VNC in Distributed classroom Student VNC Client Instructor Network Student VNC Server VNC Client - Unix - Windows NT - Macintosh - Hand-held device Hand-held device VNC Client Sangmi Lee Florida State University
VNC in Distributed classroom • Lecture tool in the distributed classroom • Collaboration tool for group of students • Instructor - Monitor - Hand-held device • Student - Monitor (Unix, Windows, Macintosh) - Java capable browser - Hand-held device Sangmi Lee Florida State University
Applying VNC • Using Open source code • Visualization server module • Improved (multi-cast) performance for VNC Sangmi Lee Florida State University