[vinagre] Add help page for reverse connections, bug 597110
- From: David King <davidk src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [vinagre] Add help page for reverse connections, bug 597110
- Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 10:27:53 +0000 (UTC)
commit 06c9e54f63d3f02ef2ecb59c6fd0b3369ebd3381
Author: Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 googlemail com>
Date: Sun May 1 12:00:22 2011 +0200
Add help page for reverse connections, bug 597110
help/C/connect.page | 3 --
help/C/reverse-connections.page | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
help/Makefile.am | 3 ++
3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/connect.page b/help/C/connect.page
index 63936da..d6def72 100755
--- a/help/C/connect.page
+++ b/help/C/connect.page
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
- xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
type="guide"
id="connect">
@@ -66,8 +65,6 @@ to open it with <app>Vinagre</app>.</p>
</note>
</section>
-<!-- TODO: "Reverse Connections..." -->
-
<section id="close">
<title>Closing a connection</title>
<p>To close a connection, choose <guiseq><gui>Remote</gui><gui>Close</gui></guiseq>.</p>
diff --git a/help/C/reverse-connections.page b/help/C/reverse-connections.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1a3e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/reverse-connections.page
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="guide"
+ id="reverse-connections">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="using"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="connect"/>
+ <title type="sort">5</title>
+ <desc>Bypassing firewall restrictions on remote host.</desc>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 googlemail com</email>
+ </credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+ </info>
+
+<title>Reverse Connectionsâ?¦</title>
+
+<p>A reverse connection is usually used to bypass firewall restrictions on open
+ports. A firewall usually blocks open ports, but does not block outgoing
+traffic. In a normal forward connection, a client connects to a server through
+the server's open port, but in the case of a reverse connection, the client
+opens the port that the server connects to.</p>
+
+<section id="enable-reverse-connections">
+ <title>Enabling reverse connections</title>
+<p>Open <guiseq><gui>Remote</gui><gui>Reverse Connections...</gui></guiseq> and
+select <gui>Enable Reverse Connections</gui>.</p>
+<!-- TODO: add screenshot
+<figure>
+ <title>Reverse Connections dialog</title>
+ <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/reverse-connections-dialog.png"/>
+</figure>-->
+</section>
+
+<section id="accessing-behind-firewall">
+ <title>Accessing a remote desktop behind a firewall</title>
+<p>The remote machine needs to connect to your machine using your IP address and
+port number, which are in the <gui>Reverse Connections...</gui> dialog, under
+<gui>Connectivity</gui>.</p>
+<note>
+<p>Currently, <app>Vino</app>, the GNOME VNC server, does not support reverse
+connections (also known as "listen mode"). Some other applications, such as
+<app>UltraVNC</app>, <app>RealVNC</app> and <app>TightVNC</app>, do have support
+for reverse connections.</p>
+</note>
+<p>Once a remote machine connects to your machine, <app>Vinagre</app> will
+establish the reverse connection.</p>
+<note>
+<p>When connecting to a machine which is not on your local network, you will
+will need to provide your externally visible IP address and port number to the
+remote server.</p>
+</note>
+</section>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/Makefile.am b/help/Makefile.am
index c8db6fa..415d0eb 100644
--- a/help/Makefile.am
+++ b/help/Makefile.am
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ DOC_FIGURES = \
figures/vinagre-editing-bookmarks.png \
figures/vinagre-saving-bookmarks.png
+# TODO: Install reverse-connections only with the corresponding plugin.
+
DOC_PAGES = \
bookmarks.page \
connect.page \
index.page \
preferences.page \
+ reverse-connections.page \
using.page
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