topic Question about View's Use of SSL in Horizon Desktops and Apps

Question about View's Use of SSL

lmemo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:47:43 GMT

All,

I need some info. VMWare's product overview for the View infrastructure mentions that it "uses SSL tunneling to ensure all connections are completely encrypted." So my question is when does this occur ,and between which components? Is it only used for authentication, or the entire session (e.g., from the time the user logs into the View Portal til he logs off / shuts down the VM and terminates his session in the View Portal)? Thanks.

Re: Question about View's Use of SSL

TomHowarth — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:31:20 GMT

in View the SSL connection is form the security \ Connection broker server to the end user client device. it fully emcapsulates the RDP stream. The complete session is encrypted not just login.

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Re: Question about View's Use of SSL

azn2kew — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:52:29 GMT

You can also read more thorougly how SSL works with VMware View 3.1.1 Manager administration guide on page 90

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