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A web-based RDP client built with Go WebAssembly and grdp

125 pointsby mariuzyesterday at 10:59 AM46 commentsview on HN

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notepad0x90yesterday at 7:58 PM

This is cool. If it adds session recording and SSO auth support, it can be used as an RDP jumphost.

I've used Azure bastion to do just this, you auth to the azure portal using whatever authentication regime is configured for your tenant, then you rdp into virtual machines from your browser using the local vm login. it handles things like files and clipboards great. But it also supports console sessions in the browser.

I haven't used it with windows/rdp (if it even is supported), but in GCP, their in-browser SSH is the best I've seen so far.

Even for Linux, I've found xrdp to be better than alternatives at times.

The main problem I see this solving (one of many) is the decoupling of the management interface for virtual machines and servers from their service interfaces. not having your web server's management services on the same IP/domain/interface as the http server is a big improvement. Lots of security screw-ups happen because of this entanglement.

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mcoliveryesterday at 9:45 PM

With hp shutting down anyware / teradici / pcoip there are quite a few people looking for alternatives that support high resolution multi monitor with 60fps high bit depth playback and things like wacom tablet support and all three OS. Parsec and DCV are out there on the spend money side. I'm excited about the open source efforts. Things like rustdesk,kyber, and teraguchi. The community needs an open source high performance option.

https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk

https://github.com/thedepartmentofexternalservices/teraguchi

https://kyber.tech/

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solarkraftyesterday at 12:20 PM

Looks very interesting, but i’m a bit surprised the most important feature isn’t mentioned: How well does clipboard sharing work?

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yamapikaryayesterday at 3:29 PM

is it work for opening rdp file from cyberark pam?

igtztorreroyesterday at 6:11 PM

Does Alt-Tab inside the Browser Tab can be hooked to the rdp client ???

That was the main problem in guacamole rdp in browser.

jqpabc123yesterday at 11:30 AM

Interesting from a technical perspective but with native RDP clients readily available on just about every platform, I don't see the need for it.

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