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Re: Show HN: Remote Desktop Protocol in Node.js

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Post by ossreality »

awinder wrote: post #15
nodesocket wrote: post #5

Very nice work, but Microsoft did a pretty good job with their RDP clients, and making them for OS X and of course Windows. I'm not sure what the draw is for a web-based RDP client.

Others have alluded to this elsewhere in the comments, but the draw is that this is a programmable rdp client in Node.JS. You can use this to write host scripting code, you could use this as the basis for something like Screenhero, etc.

The shit people will go through just to deal with Windows. Scripting a god damn RDP client in browser with JavaScript. Christ.

Re: Show HN: Remote Desktop Protocol in Node.js

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Post by hobarrera »

nodesocket wrote: post #5

Very nice work, but Microsoft did a pretty good job with their RDP clients, and making them for OS X and of course Windows. I'm not sure what the draw is for a web-based RDP client.

It's usable by everyone else NOT using MS (which, in IT, is a lot of people).

Re: Show HN: Remote Desktop Protocol in Node.js

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Post by brazzledazzle »

sciurus wrote: post #16
stephengillie wrote: post #2

Oh cool! Now you can embed an RDP session into a webpage. Finally, a way to use the primary system administration tool from almost anywhere! With this, you can hand out links to pages with your server RDP already configured - just send the link to the admin and let them administer. How well does this work with dynamic username/password? If we wanted to leave those fields blank, and maybe have the webpage prompt on op…

Is graphical remote desktop really the primary systems administration tool in the windows server world?

Only in small or unskilled shops.

Re: Show HN: Remote Desktop Protocol in Node.js

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Post by brazzledazzle »

chrisfosterelli wrote: post #4

Oh this is great! The remote-host scripting this would allow is super cool.

Unless you're building malware/pen-test tools or you're targeting old versions of Windows remote management is much easier via winrm. And there's a chance that your preferred language has a library for it already.

Re: Show HN: Remote Desktop Protocol in Node.js

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Post by calgoo »

NeutronBoy wrote: post #19
sciurus wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is graphical remote desktop really the primary systems administration tool in the windows server world?

Maybe for tasks in s small show or on a specific server, but you'll find that most enterprises have automated tools for provisioning, deployment, patching, etc.

sure they do ;)

I would phrase that more like: Most enterprises believe they have automated tools etc. Sure, the desktops are controlled centrally, but most corporations i have been working with in the last 15 years have had very limited tools to deploy servers.

Most of the time, i have seen these projects get implemented, but then die out when they start to consider all the old in-house apps. In the last one i was at, they implemented the tools, but ended up using it only for basic system setup and patching. Any application was installed by hand and managed by hand.

Re: Show HN: Remote Desktop Protocol in Node.js

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Post by Already__Taken »

stephengillie wrote: post #17
sciurus wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is graphical remote desktop really the primary systems administration tool in the windows server world?

Yeah, it's a widely accepted de facto method for interacting with the GUI. While in Server 2012, it feels like all GUI elements are just wrappers for Powershell cmdlets, most 3rd party tools have only a graphical interface. Server 2003 doesn't support Powershell 4 or newer, nor .NET 4.5.1 or newer, and so IIS6 and other old Windows features have limited CLI interfaces. Most Powershell cmdlets work on Server 2008/R2,…

If people still have '03 they aren't part of the windows server world anymore.

Re: Show HN: Remote Desktop Protocol in Node.js

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Post by nextw33k »

brazzledazzle wrote: post #24
sciurus wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is graphical remote desktop really the primary systems administration tool in the windows server world?

Only in small or unskilled shops.

I would hazard to suggest those outnumber the skilled large organisations by quite a margin.

Re: Show HN: Remote Desktop Protocol in Node.js

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Post by stephengillie »

Already__Taken wrote: post #28
stephengillie wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it's a widely accepted de facto method for interacting with the GUI. While in Server 2012, it feels like all GUI elements are just wrappers for Powershell cmdlets, most 3rd party tools have only a graphical interface. Server 2003 doesn't support Powershell 4 or newer, nor .NET 4.5.1 or newer, and so IIS6 and other old Windows features have limited CLI interfaces. Most Powershell cmdlets work on Server 2008/R2,…

If people still have '03 they aren't part of the windows server world anymore.

Yes they are, for a few more days.
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