[desktop-discuss] [brandz-discuss] X11 proxy in BrandZ

[Mario Goebbels]

> there isn't right now, but that's what we're talking about.  ;)
> 
> basically think of it as ssh -X forwarding for zlogin.
> similarly to how ssh creates a /tmp/.X11-* socket for it's
> remote connections, there's no reason that zlogin couldn't do
> the same.  ie.  when you zlogin it creates a /tmp/.X11-* socket
> within the non-global zone, set the DISPLAY variable and xauth
> info to point to that socket, and then forwards the connection
> to that socket to the X server running in the global zone.  (which
> would of course be via the /tmp/.X11-* socket in the global zone.)
> 
> am i making any sense?  :)

I suppose what you mean is that zlogin is going to put up a Unix socket
in the local zone and remap it to the global zone, right? None of the
TCP business doing unnecessary work (like fragmentation, checksumming,
etc blah blah).

-mg

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