x11vnc has no -ssl option

[Georges]

Binary package hint: x11vnc

despite mentioned when starting:
#@ Or using the x11vnc SSL options: -ssl and -stunnel @#
and also mentioned several times in the man

the -ssl option is not working and is not explained.

[laga (laga)]

Taken from <http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-ssl-tunnel-int>:

> The -ssl mode uses the www.openssl.org library if available at build time.

Please build x11vnc with ssl support. Not everybody wants to use ssh tunnels.

[laga (laga)]

It seems that a newer version of x11vnc is required to support -ssl mode. I don't know if that applies to gutsy as well, though.

[Georges (georgeskesseler)]

no newer version is required, ssl is just not compiled in. SSL is available since version 0.8.1. Please also note the recent modification on the authors website:
    Debian: (.deb) http://packages.debian.org/x11vnc (N.B: old and unmaintained; better to compile from source)