METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING VNC/RFB PROTOCOL TRANVERSAL THROUGH FIREWALLS WITHOUT THE NEED TO CONFIGURE OPEN PORTS

摘要

A Virtual Network Computing (VNC) server functions as a web-based proxy server to facilitate peer-to-peer connections in a VNC environment. An objective of the web-based proxy server is to overcome limitations caused when a machine resides behind a firewall. In the configuration of the present invention, the web-based server performs the functions of a conventional client machine while a client in the peer-to-peer configuration performs the conventional server listening function.