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ThelocallyinstalledViewClientapplicationandtheWebbasedViewPortal
componentallowViewManageruserstoconnecttotheirdesktops.Theseapplications
canoperatewithinaninternalnetworkorexternallyov ertheInternet,andtheir
behaviorcanbemodifiedinanumberofways.
Inaddition,ViewClientoffersava
rietyofuserauthenticationmodels—including
secureauthentication—allofwhichmustbefirstconfiguredonViewConnection
Server.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:
“ViewClientandViewPortal”onpage 70
“ClientConnectionsfromtheInternet”onpage 71
“CreatingSSLServerCertificates”onpage 75
“UsingExistingSSLCertificates”onpage 81
“SmartCardAuthentication”onpage 82
“RSASecurIDAuthentication”onpage 88
“ViewClientCommandLineOptions”onpage 89
“VirtualPrinting”onpage 90
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NOTEUserswhowanttousetheOfflineDesktopfeatureofViewManagermustuse
theViewClientwithOfflineDesktop,whichallowsbothlocal(offline)andremote
desktopaccess.SeeChapter 7,“OfflineDesktop,”onpage 123formoreinformation
aboutthisfeature.