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Chapter 1 Introduction and System Requirements
Key Features of ACE 2
ThefollowingsectionsdescribethekeyfeaturesofACE2.
Manageability
Designonce,deployanywhere.CreatestandardizedhardwareindependentPC
environmentsanddeploythemtoanyPCthroughouttheextendedenterprise.
Virtualrightsmanagementinterface.ControlACE2lifecycle,securitysettings,
networksettings,systemconfigurationanduserinterfacecapabilities.
Instancetracking.Throughtheuserinterface,viewandmanagetheactivation,
expiration,andotherpoliciesofinstancesmanagedwiththenewpolicyserver,
ACE2ManagementServer.
Security
Rulesbasednetworkaccess.Identifyandquarantineunauthorizedoroutofdate
ACEinstances.EnableaccesstothenetworkoncetheACEinstancecomplieswith
ITpolicies.
Tamperresistantcomputingenvironment.ProtecttheentireACEinstanceand
package,includingdataandsystemconfiguration,withseamlessencryption.
Copyprotectedcomputingenvironment.Preventusersfromcopyingenterprise
information.
RolesbasedsecureSSLcommunicationsbetweenACE2ManagementServerand
client.
Resourcesigning.SpecifythatACEResourcefilesbeprotectedfromalltampering.
Usability
Customizableinterface.Customizethebehaviorandlookandfeelforusers.
Flexiblecomputingenvironment.Userscanreverttoapreviousstatewithin
secondsandcanworkonlineorwhendisconnectedfromtheenterprisenetwork.
ACE Option Pack for Workstation 6
ManyoftheadministratorfeaturesandcontrolsofACE2arebuiltintoWorkstation6.
ToexposetheseACE2features,usersofWorkstation6mustacquiretheACEOption
Pack.