There are three parts to BigBrother:
Clients for each computer you want to watch.
A Receiver to watch the clients.
A Key Server somewhere on the network to keep track of everything.

The Client: Each client is an application that takes a picture of part of the user's screen when requested. This image is encoded and sent to the requesting receiver in the same sort of way that you surf the internet.
The Receiver: Catching all the images and painting them is the job of the receiver. The speed of the images coming down to the receiver depends on the speed of the network you have, the size of the thumbnail images, the color depth of the images, and the speed of the client and the receiver. For best results, we encourage at least a 500MHz machine with 128MB of RAM.	(Click to Enlarge)
The Key Server: As the traffic cop of the applications, it keeps track of the clients and receivers on the network. The receivers query the key server, and it responds with the list of clients available.	(Click to Enlarge)

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