Re: Remote Access to Staff Desktops

[Greg Francis <francis () GONZAGA EDU>]

We do it by publishing the RDP client through Citrix. Users login to
Citrix and then launch the RDP client published application to connect
to their internal workstation. This enforces encryption and prevents
direct access to the workstations by allowing us to block RDP at the
firewall. There have been some issues with this on some applications
that are run locally on the workstations where the screen painting is
problematic but overall it works well.

Greg

Greg Francis
Director, Central Computing and Network Support Services
Information Technology Services
Gonzaga University
509-313-6896
francis () gonzaga edu





On Feb 17, 2009, at 8:30 PM, Tim Lane wrote:

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> Hi All,
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> We are receiving an increasing number of requests from staff to
> remotely access their desktops, for a variety of reasons.
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> I would be interested in hearing if any other Universities allow
> this, and if so how you are providing secure access, or if you have
> any thoughts/comments on the matter.
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> Thanks,
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> Tim
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> Tim Lane
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> Information Security Program Manager
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