PC-Duo Host Guide Release 12.0 February 2012 Vector Networks Technologies 541 Tenth Street, Unit 123 Atlanta, GA 30318 (800) 330-5035 http://www.vector-networks.com © Copyright 2012 Vector Networks Technologies and Proxy Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. PC-Duo is a trademark of Vector Networks Technologies, and PROXY is a trademark of Proxy Networks, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows Server, and other Microsoft products referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org), cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([email protected]), and compression software from the ZLIB project (http://www.zlib.net/). 2 Table of Contents PC-Duo overview .......................................................................................................................................... 6 What‟s New in PC-Duo 12.0 ...................................................................................................................... 7 What‟s New in PC-Duo 11.6 .................................................................................................................. 7 What‟s New in PC-Duo 11.3 .................................................................................................................. 8 What's New in PC-Duo 11.2 .................................................................................................................. 8 PC-Duo solutions ....................................................................................................................................... 9 PC-Duo Express .................................................................................................................................... 9 PC-Duo Enterprise ................................................................................................................................. 9 PC-Duo applications ................................................................................................................................ 10 PC-Duo Host ........................................................................................................................................ 10 PC-Duo Master .................................................................................................................................... 11 PC-Duo Gateway ................................................................................................................................. 12 PC-Duo Web Console.......................................................................................................................... 13 PC-Duo Deployment Tool .................................................................................................................... 14 PC-Duo technologies ............................................................................................................................... 15 PC-Duo services ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Remote Management features ............................................................................................................ 16 PC-Duo connection types ........................................................................................................................ 18 Peer-to-peer connections .................................................................................................................... 19 Gateway-managed connections .......................................................................................................... 20 Firewall-friendly connections ............................................................................................................... 21 Terminal services connections ............................................................................................................ 21 VNC connections ................................................................................................................................. 23 PC-Duo security features ........................................................................................................................ 24 Authentication ...................................................................................................................................... 24 Authorization ........................................................................................................................................ 27 Auditing ................................................................................................................................................ 27 Encryption ............................................................................................................................................ 27 PC-Duo networking features ................................................................................................................... 29 Network protocols ................................................................................................................................ 29 Network addressing schemas .............................................................................................................. 29 PC-Duo documentation and technical support ........................................................................................ 30 Typographical conventions in documentation ..................................................................................... 30 Technical support options .................................................................................................................... 31 Host Installation ........................................................................................................................................... 33 PC-Duo overview Requirements .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Operating system requirements ........................................................................................................... 34 Hardware requirements ....................................................................................................................... 34 Installation requirements ...................................................................................................................... 35 Network requirements .......................................................................................................................... 35 Installation notes ...................................................................................................................................... 36 Licensing.................................................................................................................................................. 42 Host Operation ............................................................................................................................................ 45 Host Tray Icon ......................................................................................................................................... 47 Host Context Menu .................................................................................................................................. 48 Chat Window ........................................................................................................................................ 48 Active Users List .................................................................................................................................. 49 Popup Toast Notification ......................................................................................................................... 51 Host Control Panel .................................................................................................................................. 52 Status tab................................................................................................................................................. 53 General tab .............................................................................................................................................. 55 Security tab .............................................................................................................................................. 57 Simple password configuration ............................................................................................................ 57 Windows authentication configuration ................................................................................................. 58 Shared secret password authentication............................................................................................... 72 End-to-end authentication .................................................................................................................... 72 Options tab .............................................................................................................................................. 74 Action on Disconnect or Termination ..................................................................................................