X2Go Bug report logs - #749
X2Go Client: broker access -> zero conf

Package: x2goclient; Maintainer for x2goclient is X2Go Developers <x2go-dev@lists.x2go.org>; Source for x2goclient is src:x2goclient.

Reported by: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:45:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Subject: Re: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#749: X2Go Client: broker access -> zero conf
From: Michael DePaulo <mikedep333@gmail.com>
To: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>, 749@bugs.x2go.org, 
	Stefan Baur <x2go-ml-1@baur-itcs.de>
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Mike Gabriel
<mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
> Package: x2goclient
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Just discussed an idea with Stefan on VideoChat. How about providing code in
> X2Go Client that tries to auto-detect local network broker setups
> automatically (zeroconf X2Go Client).
>
> Approaches would be:
>
>   o retrieve the domain's SRV records and check if special records for
>     X2Go Broker setups can be found
>   o use a similar approach like browsers use for wpad.dat
>   o make this configurable in X2Go Client settings
>
> Mike + Stefan
[...]

2 other local network options are:

 o "zeroconf" (Avahi/Bonjour)
 o SSDP/UPnP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avahi_(software)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Service_Discovery_Protocol

However, on Windows at least, firewalls are likely to block them.

-Mike#2

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