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      2 This is a Windows utility to automatically start up STUNNEL to redirect
      3 SSL VNC connections to a remote host.  Then TightVNC Viewer (included)
      4 is launched to use this SSL tunnel.
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      6 An example server would be "x11vnc -ssl", or any VNC server with a
      7 2nd STUNNEL program running on the server side.
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      9 Just click on the program "ssvnc.exe", and then enter the remote
     10 VNC Server and click "Connect".  Click on "Help" for more information
     11 information.  You can also set some simple options under "Options ..."
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     13 If you want that application to run in "SSH-ONLY" mode, click on
     14 the "sshvnc.bat" wrapper instead.  Or enter SSH_ONLY.
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     16 Note that on Windows when the TightVNC viewer disconnects you may need to
     17 terminate the STUNNEL program manually.  To do this: Click on the STUNNEL
     18 icon (dark green) on the System Tray and then click "Exit".  Before that,
     19 however, you will be prompted if you want ssvnc.exe to try to terminate
     20 STUNNEL for you. (Note that even if STUNNEL termination is successful,
     21 the Tray Icon may not go away until the mouse hovers over it!)
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     23 With this STUNNEL and TightVNC Viewer wrapper you can also enable using
     24 SSL Certificates with STUNNEL, and so the connection is not only encrypted
     25 but it is also not susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks.
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     27 See the STUNNEL and x11vnc documentation for how to create and add SSL
     28 Certificates (PEM files) for authentication.  Click on the "Certs ..."
     29 button to specify the certificate(s).  See the Help there for more info
     30 and also:
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     32 	http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc
     33 	http://www.tightvnc.com
     34 	http://www.stunnel.org
     35 	http://www.openssl.org
     36 	http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
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     38 You can use x11vnc to create certificates if you like:
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     40 	http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/faq.html#faq-ssl-ca
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     43 Misc:
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     45 	The openssl.exe stunnel.exe vncviewer.exe libeay32.dll
     46 	libssl32.dll programs came from the websites mentioned above.
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     48 	IMPORTANT: some of these binaries may have cryptographic
     49 	software that you may not be allowed to download or use.
     50 	See the above websites for more information and also the
     51         util/info subdirectories. 
     52 
     53 	Also, the kill.exe and tlist.exe programs in the w98 directory
     54 	came from diagnostic tools ftp site of Microsoft's.
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     58 Important Note for Windows Vista: One user reports that on Windows Vista
     59 if you move or extract the "ssvnc" folder down to the "Program Files"
     60 folder you will be prompted to do this as the Administrator. But then
     61 when you start up ssvnc, as a regular user, it cannot create files in
     62 that folder and so it fails to run properly. We recommend to not copy
     63 or extract the "ssvnc" folder into "Program Files". Rather, extract
     64 it to somewhere you have write permission (e.g. C:\ or your User dir)
     65 and create a Shortcut to ssvnc.exe on the desktop.
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     67 If you must put a launcher file down in "Program Files", perhaps an
     68 "ssvnc.bat" that looks like this:
     69 C:
     70 cd \ssvnc\Windows
     71 ssvnc.exe
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