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<TITLE>The LBX Mini-HOWTO: How Does LBX Work?</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="s5">5. How Does LBX Work?</A></H2>
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<P>LBX works by introducing a <EM>proxy server</EM> at the client side,
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which performs caching and compression. The X server knows that the
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client is using a proxy server, and decompresses accordingly.
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<P>Here's a normal setup for remote X clients. In our discussion,
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LOCAL is always the workstation sitting in front of you, whose monitor
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you're looking at, and REMOTE is the remote workstation, where the
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actual application is running.
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REMOTE LOCAL
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+-----+ +-----+
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| APP |-\ Network +----------+ | |\
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+-----+ \--------------------------->| X SERVER |=>| ||
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+-----+ / (X Protocol) +----------+ +-----+\
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| APP |-/ /_____//
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+-----+
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>When using LBX, a proxy server (<CODE>lbxproxy</CODE>) is introduced on the
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remote side, and the applications talk to that process instead of
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directly to the LOCAL server. That process then performs the caching
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and compression of X requests and forwards them. It looks like this:
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<P>
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REMOTE LOCAL
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+-----+
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+-----+ +-------+ Network +----------+ | |\
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| APP |->| PROXY |----------------------------->| X SERVER |=>| ||
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+-----+ +-------+ (LBX/X Protocol) +----------+ +-----+\
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+-----+ / /_____//
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| APP |--/
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+-----+
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>Details on exactly what caching and compression LBX does is beyond
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the scope of this document.
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