The Remote Framebuffer Protocol
RFC 6143, “The Remote Framebuffer Protocol”, is an Informational document published in March 2011 by T. Richardson, J. Levine. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
RFB ("remote framebuffer") is a simple protocol for remote access to graphical user interfaces that allows a client to view and control a window system on another computer. Because it works at the framebuffer level, RFB is applicable to all windowing systems and applications. This document describes the protocol used to communicate between an RFB client and RFB server. RFB is the protocol used in VNC. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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- RFC 6141 Re-INVITE and Target-Refresh Request Handling in the Session Initiation Protocol
- RFC 6146 Stateful NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 Clients to IPv4 Servers
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