Specifications

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View Manager Administration Guide
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Table 3-4. Global Settings
Property Description
Sessiontimeout Determinehowlong(inminutes)usersareallowedtokeep
sessionsopenaftertheylogintotheViewConnectionServer.
Thisfieldmustcontainavalue,andthedefaultis600.
UseSSLforclient
connections
DeterminesifSSLisusedtocreateasecurecommunication
channelbetween
ViewConnectionServerandtheclient.
Thissettingmustbeenabledifyouareusingsmartcard
authentication.
ReauthenticateSecureVPN
connectionsafternetwork
interruption
Determinesiftunnelclientusercredentialsmustbe
reauthenticatedafteranetworkinterruption.Thissettinghas
noeffectwhendirectconnectionisbeingused.
Messagesecuritymode Determines
ifsigningandverificationoftheJMSmessages
passedbetweenViewManager3.xand4.xcomponentstakes
place.IfanycomponentinyourViewenvironmentpredates
ViewManager3.0,signingandverificationisnotpossible:
Disabled—Messagesecuritymodeisdisabled.
Mixed—Messagesecuritymodeisenabledbutnot
enforced.
Thismodecanbeusedtodetectcomponentsinyour
environmentthatpredateViewManager3.0asthelog
filesgeneratedbyViewConnectionServerwillcontain
referencestothesecomponents.
Enabled—Messagesecuritymodeisfullyenabled.
ComponentsthatpredateViewManager3.0willbe
refusedwhenattemptingtocommunicate.
IfasecurityserverexistsinyourViewManagerenvironment
andyouenablethissetting,youmusthaveanappropriately
configuredconfig.propertiesfileresidentonthesecurity
server.
Referto“Togenerate
aSecurityServerconfig.propertiesfile
fromtheConfigurationview”onpage 99formore
informationaboutthis.
MessagesecurityissupportedinViewManager3.1andlater.
Ifyouchange themessagesecuritymodefromDisabledor
MixedtoEnabled,youcannotlaunchadesktopthathasa
ViewAgentfrom
VirtualDesktopManagerversion2.1or
earlier.Ifyouthenchangethemessagesecuritymodefrom
EnabledtoMixedorDisabled,thedesktopstillfailsto
launch.Tobeabletolaunchadesktopafterchangingthe
messagesecuritymodefromEnabledtoMixedorDisabled,
reboottheaffecteddesktop.