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7 In the list of remote desktops that appears, tap a desktop to connect to it.
In Horizon View Client 2.3 and later, you can use the search box at the top of the list to search for a
particular desktop.
If you are using smart card authentication, you are not prompted to supply your PIN again, but the
login process takes longer than if you use Active Directory authentication.
After you log in to a desktop for the first time, a shortcut for the desktop is saved to the Horizon View Client
Home screen. The next time you want to connect to the remote desktop, you can tap the shortcut instead of
entering the server's host name.
Certificate Checking Modes for Horizon View Client
Administrators and sometimes end users can configure whether client connections are rejected if any or
some server certificate checks fail.
Certificate checking occurs for SSL connections between View Connection Server and Horizon View Client.
Certificate verification includes the following checks:
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Is the certificate intended for a purpose other than verifying the identity of the sender and encrypting
server communications? That is, is it the correct type of certificate?
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Has the certificate expired, or is it valid only in the future? That is, is the certificate valid according to
the computer clock?
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Does the common name on the certificate match the host name of the server that sends it? A mismatch
can occur if a load balancer redirects Horizon View Client to a server that has a certificate that does not
match the host name entered in Horizon View Client. Another reason a mismatch can occur is if you
enter an IP address rather than a host name in the client.
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Is the certificate signed by an unknown or untrusted certificate authority (CA)? Self-signed certificates
are one type of untrusted CA.
To pass this check, the certificate's chain of trust must be rooted in the device's local certificate store.
IMPORTANT For instructions about distributing a self-signed root certificate that users can install on their
Android devices, as well as instructions for installing a certificate on an Android device, see documentation
on the Google Web site, such as the Android 3.0 User's Guide.
You can set the security mode. When the Add Server button or View Connection Servers list appears on the
Recent Connections screen, tap the Settings icon in the upper-right corner of the screen and tap Security
Mode. You have three choices:
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Never connect to untrusted servers. If any of the certificate checks fails, the client cannot connect to the
server. An error message lists the checks that failed.
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Warn before connecting to untrusted servers. If a certificate check fails because the server uses a self-
signed certificate, you can click Continue to ignore the warning. For self-signed certificates, the
certificate name is not required to match the View Connection Server name you entered in
Horizon View Client.
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Do not verify server identity certificates. This setting means that View does not perform any certificate
checking.
If the certificate checking mode is set to Warn, you can still connect to a View Connection Server instance
that uses a self-signed certificate.
If an administrator later installs a security certificate from a trusted certificate authority, so that all certificate
checks pass when you connect, this trusted connection is remembered for that specific server. In the future,
if that server ever presents a self-signed certificate again, the connection fails. After a particular server
presents a fully verifiable certificate, it must always do so.
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