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@@ -81,19 +81,21 @@ aware of: ### Server Requirements -Unless you are using a VNC server with support for WebSockets connections (such -as [x11vnc/libvncserver](http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net/), -[QEMU](http://www.qemu.org/), or -[MobileVNC](http://www.smartlab.at/mobilevnc/)), you need to use a -WebSockets to TCP socket proxy. There is a python proxy included -('websockify'). +noVNC follows the standard VNC protocol, but unlike other VNC clients it does +require WebSockets support. Many servers include support (e.g. +[x11vnc/libvncserver](http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net/), +[QEMU](http://www.qemu.org/), and +[MobileVNC](http://www.smartlab.at/mobilevnc/)), but for the others you need to +use a WebSockets to TCP socket proxy. noVNC has a sister project +[websockify](https://github.com/novnc/websockify) that provides a simple such +proxy. ### Quick Start -* Use the launch script to start a mini-webserver and the WebSockets proxy - (websockify). The `--vnc` option is used to specify the location of a running - VNC server: +* Use the launch script to automatically download and start websockify, which + includes a mini-webserver and the WebSockets proxy. The `--vnc` option is + used to specify the location of a running VNC server: `./utils/launch.sh --vnc localhost:5901` |