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About remote desktop protocols

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About remote desktop protocols

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- [Instructor] Linux operating systems are designed with remote access built in. Most often that is via the SSH command line. However, there are protocols to allow remote GUI access, as well. X Windows is the de facto standard for remote desktop on Unix and Linux systems plus there is VNC, or Virtual Network Computing, RDP, or Remote Desktop Protocol, a protocol created by Microsoft and a new protocol named SPICE. In most cases remote GUI access is accomplished by using an application on the client which connects to a service on the Remote Host via a remote desktop protocol. The Remote Host updates the display on the Local Host. The Local Host then sends keyboard or mouse events back across the network to the Remote Host. The Remote Host updates the Framebuffer based on the results of the mouse and keyboard actions. X Windows, the legacy GUI system used by Linux, supports remote desktop by default. X Windows is the de…

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