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ThinVNC is composed of a pure HTML5-based client that connects via HTTP/s to a server where ThinVNC should be installed.

The web client connects to the listening port and displays the desktop using JSON and JPEG image encoding. The communication is authenticated using Digest method and the connection can be made through HTTP or HTTPS.

 

 

ThinVNC HTML5, Web-based VNC desktop sharing remote control architecture

 

The remote computer can be accessed from any OS platform through any HTML5 compliant browser like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 9, etc. Versions 8 and previous of Internet Explorer do not support HTML5. However, they can be enhanced with Google Chrome Frame to make them fully compliant with ThinVNC.

 

Requirements:

 

Client Platform

Pure Web access

OS independent

HTML5 Web Browser compliant

 

ThinVNC & ThinVNC Access Point Platform

Windows XP 32/64-bit

Windows Vista 32/64-bit

Windows 7 32/64-bit

Windows Server 2008 32/64-bit