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DeskLink 0.1.2 Beta 3 Development Secure

Windows 11 experimental prerelease built from 9c0b7f54970b04369a2b14eaa2125a1893c3dab0. The installer version is 0.1.2. This uses the same private development signing identity as Beta 2; it is not publicly trusted or production-signed.

Changes since Beta 2

  • Automatically discover IPv4 and IPv6 paths over the available PC network interfaces, including direct fiber links.
  • Keep multiple paths under one trusted PC identity, prefer eligible faster links, and bind the connection to the selected interface and address.
  • Disable connection migration. Ordinary network failures reconnect through fresh authentication in Local; identity and protocol failures remain terminal.
  • Reconcile stable monitor identities and connected-display inventory.
  • Build the Displays canvas from Windows' current desktop monitor positions instead of enumeration order or stale saved ordering. Move each PC's monitors together, and refresh current geometry when reopening Displays.
  • Fix WinUI audio endpoint enumeration.

Existing explicit roaming links, pairing, certificate pins, and permissions remain authoritative. Canvas movement does not change Windows display settings or silently approve a new roaming link.

Download and trust

Use DeskLink-0.1.2-beta.3-development-secure.exe. The public certificate and trust bundle are unchanged from Beta 2. The bundle includes explicit install, status, and removal commands; it contains no private key.

Before trusting the development certificate, verify its DER SHA-256 fingerprint out of band:

A4E64875A7043221A9A7CC3C7B9244E9D543CB3DAD964C375C8DB37C21A5D6C0

Installing this private development root in Local Machine Trusted Root Certification Authorities and Trusted Publishers broadens Windows' code-trust boundary. Use it only on controlled test PCs, and remove it after testing. DeskLink's authenticated pairing, certificate pinning, capability grants, and focus leases remain required. DeskLink never approves a UAC prompt automatically.

Installer SHA-256:

7E290E0BE8C38579F9BF6C65527DB45B960E29178E35C37980189AE42B174979

Validation and limitations

  • The exact merged source passed GitHub CI, including Windows and Linux builds, sanitizers, MsQuic, optional driver build, and Server 2022 product/installer qualification.
  • The release build passed 20 selected CTest checks, including secure-input self-tests and console/probe rejection checks. The WinUI Release build and packaging signature, timestamp, runtime-hash, and payload checks passed.
  • A live two-PC probe selected the 10 Gbps fiber path and selected the 2.5 Gbps LAN after cooling down fiber candidates. Bound IPv4/IPv6 transport reconnect tests passed.
  • Physical cable removal during an active session was not tested. Elevated/UAC input remains experimental; if focus remains blocked after dismissing UAC, pause and resume DeskLink to re-arm the managed session.
  • Windows 10 support and extended-display/video transport are not included in this Development Secure package.
  • Use Ctrl+Alt+Pause to return input locally when needed.

Changes since Beta 2

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