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VMware View Security Settings
VMware View includes several settings that you can use to adjust the security of the configuration. You can
access the settings by using View Administrator, by editing group profiles, or by using the ADSI Edit utility,
as appropriate.
Security-Related Global Settings in View Administrator
Security-related global settings for client sessions and connections are accessible under View Configuration
> Global Settings in View Administrator.
Table 3. Security-Related Global Settings
Setting Description
Disable Single Sign-on for Local Mode operations Determines if single sign-on is enabled when users log in to
their local desktops.
This setting is disabled by default.
Enable automatic status updates Determines if View Manager regularly updates the global
status pane and the dashboard in View Administrator. If you
enable this setting, idle sessions do not time out for any user
who is logged into View Administrator.
This setting is disabled by default.
Message security mode Determines if signing and verification of the JMS messages
passed between View Manager components takes place.
If set to Disabled, message security mode is disabled.
If set to Enabled, View components reject unsigned
messages.
If set to Mixed, message security mode is enabled, but not
enforced for View components that predate View Manager
3.0.
The default setting is Disabled.
Reauthenticate secure tunnel connections after network
interruption
Determines if user credentials must be reauthenticated after
a network interruption when View clients use secure tunnel
connections to View desktops.
This setting is enabled by default.
Require SSL for client connections and View
Administrator
Determines if a secure SSL communication channel is used
between View Connection Server and View desktop clients
and between View Connection Server and clients that access
View Administrator.
This setting is enabled by default.
Session timeout Determines how long a user can keep a session open after
logging in to View Connection Server.
The default is 600 minutes.
For more information about these settings and their security implications, see the VMware View
Administration document.
Security-Related Server Settings in View Administrator
Security-related server settings are accessible under View Configuration > Servers in View Administrator.
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