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+This is a Windows utility to automatically start up STUNNEL to redirect
+SSL VNC connections to a remote host. Then TightVNC Viewer (included)
+is launched to used this SSL tunnel.
+
+An example server would be "x11vnc -ssl", or any VNC server with a
+2nd STUNNEL program running on the server side.
+
+Just click on the program "ssl_tightvncviewer.exe", and then enter
+the remote VNC Server and click "Connect". Click on "Help" for more
+information. You can also set some simple options under "Options ..."
+
+Note that on Windows when the TightVNC viewer disconnects you may need to
+terminate the STUNNEL program manually. To do this: Click on the STUNNEL
+icon (dark green) on the System Tray and then click "Exit". Before that,
+however, you will be prompted if you want ssl_tightvncviewer.exe to try
+to terminate STUNNEL for you. (Note that even if STUNNEL termination is
+successful, the Tray Icon may not go away until the mouse hovers over it!)
+
+With this STUNNEL and TightVNC Viewer wrapper you can also enable using
+SSL Certificates with STUNNEL, and so the connection is not only encrypted
+but it is also not susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks.
+
+See the STUNNEL and x11vnc documentation for how to create and add SSL
+Certificates (PEM files) for authentication. Click on the "Certs ..."
+button to specify the certificate(s). See the Help there for more info
+and also:
+
+ http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc
+ http://www.tightvnc.com
+ http://www.stunnel.org
+ http://www.openssl.org
+ http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
+
+You can use x11vnc to create certificates if you like:
+
+ http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-ssl-ca
+
+
+Misc:
+
+ The openssl.exe stunnel.exe vncviewer.exe libeay32.dll
+ libssl32.dll programs came from the websites mentioned above.
+
+ IMPORTANT: some of these binaries may have cryptographic
+ software that you may not be allowed to download or use.
+ See the above websites for more information and also the
+ util/info subdirectories.
+
+ Also, the kill.exe and tlist.exe programs in the w98 directory
+ came from diagnostic tools ftp site of Microsoft's.