System information

PC-Duo overview
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or information to any PC-Duo application acting as a client until it can validate that client‟s
identity. PC-Duo provides the server three different methods of authenticating the identity
of the PC-Duo client:
Connection
Windows
authentication
Simple
password
Shared-
secret
password
Peer-to-peer
Yes
Yes
No
Gateway-managed (Gateway & Host are in same domain)
 Master-
Gateway
relationship
Yes
No
No
 Gateway-
Host
relationship
Yes
No
Yes
Gateway-managed (Gateway & Host are not in same domain)
 Master-
Gateway
relationship
Yes
No
No
 Gateway-
Host
relationship
No
No
Yes
 Windows authentication: By default, a PC-Duo application acting as a server uses
Windows authentication to check the Windows credentials of the client application:
 The Host will check the Windows credentials of the PC-Duo Master user in the
case of a peer-to-peer connection;
 The Gateway will check the Windows credentials of the PC-Duo Master users in
the Master-Gateway part of a Gateway-managed connection;
 The Host will check the Windows credentials of the user logged into the Gateway
in the Gateway-Host part of a Gateway-managed connection (when Host and
Gateway are in the same domain).
NOTE: If Host and Gateway are not in the same domain, Windows authentication will not
usually be available. In that case, Host and Gateway will rely on Shared secret password.
 Simple password: Prior to making a connection, a custom password can be created
on the Security tab of the Host and shared with PC-Duo Master user. This feature permits
the PC-Duo Master user to connect to a Host without regard to PC-Duo Master user‟s
Windows credentials.
NOTE: Simple password applies only to peer-to-peer connections.
 Shared secret password: In the case that the Host does not share a domain
relationship with the PC-Duo Gateway, or if the Host is outside of the network and cannot