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diff --git a/app/lbxproxy/README b/app/lbxproxy/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1854d3624 --- /dev/null +++ b/app/lbxproxy/README @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Applications that would like to take advantage of the Low Bandwidth +extension to X (LBX) must make their connections to an lbxproxy. +These applications need to know nothing about LBX, they simply connect +to the lbxproxy as if were a regular server. The lbxproxy accepts +client connections, multiplexes them over a single connection to the X +server, and performs various optimizations on the X protocol to make +it faster over low bandwidth and/or high latency connections. + +With regard to authentication/authorization, lbxproxy simply passes +along to the server the credentials presented by the client. Since X +clients will connect to lbxproxy, it is important that the user's +.Xauthority file contain entries with valid keys associated with the +network ID of the proxy. lbxproxy does not get involved with how +these entries are added to the .Xauthority file. The user is +responsible for setting it up. |