Re: Remote Access Solutions

["Jones, Mark B" <Mark.B.Jones () UTH TMC EDU>]

Note that browsers are dropping support for java applets.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Jennifer Mehl
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 12:23 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Remote Access Solutions
>
> +1 for Pulse Secure SSL-VPN.
>
> The current Pulse Secure code has HTML5/RDP native support for Windows
> machines (using Guacamole) and it works well.  It also has native support for
> HTML5/SSH.
>
> We have not tried connecting to Macs yet, but I’ve read that there may also be a
> way to do it from Pulse Secure using a VNC Java Applet.
>
> —Jennifer
>
>
> > On May 4, 2016, at 7:22 AM, Julian Y Koh <kohster () NORTHWESTERN EDU>
> wrote:
> > On Wed May 04 2016 09:08:18 CDT, Ian Lazerwitz
> <ian.lazerwitz () EINSTEIN YU EDU> wrote:
> > > Ideally this Remote Access solution will be device agnostic and accommodate:
> > >
> > > -Remote Desktop to a PC
> > > -Remote Desktop to a Mac
> > > -SSH Gateway (may need a separate tool for SSH Gateway)
> > >
> > > Are there any solutions out there that handle it all now?
> >
> > Sounds like a purpose-configured SSL VPN concentrator should do it.  We've
> been using the Pulse Secure (previously Juniper, but they acquired the
> technology from Netscreen, who got it from Neoteris) SSL VPN solution for this
> since 2007 or so.  You won't be able to do native remote control of a Mac
> through the box, but you'll be able to tunnel the VNC traffic via SSH through the
> box.
> > --
> > Julian Y. Koh
> > Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services
> > Northwestern Information Technology
> >
> > 2001 Sheridan Road #G-166
> > Evanston, IL 60208
> > +1-847-467-5780
> > Northwestern IT Web Site: <http://www.it.northwestern.edu/> PGP Public
> > Key:<http://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html>

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