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A native HTML4 / HTML5 Remote Desktop Protocol client

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Notes and limitations

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On Windows Server 2008, you may have to install (manually) the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 redistributables, required by OpenSSL (libeay32.dll/ssleay32.dll).
On Windows Server 2012, you may have issues installing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 redistributables (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31536606/while-installing-vc-redist-x64-exe-getting-error-failed-to-configure-per-machi). To circumvent that, ensure your system is fully updated or try to install the package "Windows8.1-KB2999226-x64.msu" manually.
Myrtille doesn't support clipboard and printer; they could however be enabled through FreeRDP virtual channels, given some additionnal code.
Myrtille doesn't support the mouse pointer shadow; this is a FreeRDP 0.8.2 issue (it may have been fixed since). An easy workaround is to disable it (Control panel > Hardware > Mouse > Pointers (tab) > uncheck "Enable pointer shadow"). See http://vchips.imutroom.com/2015/04/optimising-windows-8-1-visual-effects/ for more visual effects tweaking through registry and applied via GPOs. If Myrtille is used over a WAN, it may improve performance significantly.
Myrtille doesn't support NLA (standard RDP authentication only); this may be due to a misuse of FreeRDP or because it's an old version (0.8.2) which lacks full NLA support. Anyway, NLA from a web browser wouldn't make much sense as, by design of the HTTP protocol, the client and the server are not necessarily on the same network. Also, a standard browser doesn't implements CredSSP (required by NLA for RDP, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Support_Provider_Interface). So, even if the RDP client and server are on the same network, credentials have to be passed using a standard username/password scheme from the browser. Last but not least, NLA has some drawbacks (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Level_Authentication).
In order to keep the installation simple, both the myrtille gateway and services are installed on the same machine. They do however conform to a distributed architecture; if needed, given some additionnal code, myrtille services could acts as a proxy, so the gateway could be installed and operate separately (this could be handy if the gateway should go into a DMZ).
The installer creates a test user on the local machine named "myrtille", password "/Passw1rd/"; feel free to remove it if unwanted. The user is automatically removed on uninstall.
The installer configures the RDP server on the local machine according to the Myrtille specifications (see above comment regarding NLA); any subsequent configuration changes may make Myrtille to dysfunction or stop working.