Chrome browser extension for remote PC management
Recently Google introduced Chrome browser extension, which allows the holder to one PC connect and control another computer across the network. Extension is named “Remote Desktop” Chrome “, is currently under beta testing and is based on the browser, unlike traditional software for remote management. Such software is actively applied for IT administrators to manage computers, people assisting the relatives or those who connects to your own PC in remote mode.
- Extension allows you to connect with a browserChrome to other computers on the network.Chrome atMac is used to manageWindows-based computer with a browserChrome.
“Remote DesktopChromeBETA is the first example of the possibilities that allows users to remotely connect to other computers using a browserChrome — noted in the comments on the release. — Remote Desktop Chrome BETA is fully cross-platform solution, so you can connect any two computer browser Chrome, including Windows, Linux, Mac and Chrome OS “.
Perhaps this is the Chrome OS has led to the development of the Add-ons. The fact is that Google is pushing hrombuki as devices for organizations wanting to reduce the administrative costs of the Park to their computers and support remote computers is a very important factor in this task.
- Using the extension implies that the user grants access, connecting party special access code
Now technology has a number of restrictions. So each time you connect the remote party is obliged to grant access. “This version allows users to access other computers through a one-time authorization code. Access is given only a specific user, and only once, and session connection is, completely protected “is noted in a press release.
Google said that the work of the extensions based on several technologies company:
- the bottom layer is based on p2p connection, set the libjingle project [collection of software tools Google for peer-to-peer connections]; This can be implemented using UDP, TCP, or via Google;
- for reliable connections in the libjingle project used implementation PseudoTcp;
- on top of this is an SSL connection;
- for structured data and synchronization, use the Protobuf [serialization protocol for data transfer and Google];
- graph is encoded using the open Google VP8 video codec.
The company also noted that while there is no protocol specifications, but with the development project, something similar will be published. Extension is an open, published source code project Chromium behind Chrome.