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| 562610 | 2007-06-25 05:27:00 | I am thinking of implementing Citrix or VPN so that colleagues can logon to office network remotely. I want to know which is the best. I have asked an IT contractor and they said it is up to me. Trying to search for more information on the web get me more confused. Can someone please provide advice in layman terms? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. | Taurus (9579) | ||
| 562611 | 2007-06-25 05:54:00 | What is the size of the network your dealing with? How many users? |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 562612 | 2007-06-25 06:32:00 | Hi,a VPN (Virtual Private Network), is an encapsulated tunnel over the WWW. Citrix is a software application layer you run on top of the VPN for thin client connection on a terminal server. For best security and performance, you should be running both. Edit, though it is not required to run Citrix over broadband, I just using MS TS client (Remote Desktop Connection) |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 562613 | 2007-06-25 10:18:00 | What is the size of the network your dealing with? How many users? There are 12 users but about6 or 7 will log in remotely. What's your view on those firewalls that one needs to subscribe to? |
Taurus (9579) | ||
| 562614 | 2007-06-25 10:49:00 | What's your view on those firewalls that one needs to subscribe to? For the home user on a PC (XP Pro on Parallels) I go for Comodo.Its free. On the Mac I use the built in one in OS X although 3rd party firewalls are available for business that run Xserves. I don't have any experience with corporate firewalls so I can't comment in that area. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 562615 | 2007-06-25 11:08:00 | If you use right click on a mouse regularly (e.g on the desktop), then citrix may not be the best bet. Having said that, it does tend to make things safer. This is just my 2 cents from working for a company that has uses citrix. The general office staff didn't mind it, the IT guys hate it. |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 562616 | 2007-06-25 23:46:00 | Why dont you try Juniper VPN, then just use MS 2003 TS, its fast enough over BB. | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 562617 | 2007-06-26 01:04:00 | I am thinking of implementing Citrix or VPN so that colleagues can logon to office network remotely. I want to know which is the best. I have asked an IT contractor and they said it is up to me. Fire that one and get one thats going to be helpful. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 562618 | 2007-06-28 02:05:00 | Thanks for advice. This is for corporate use. The IT contractor seems to favour VPN and those firewall in a box. It's going to be hard converting those using citrix to VPN. They just can't accept changes. | Taurus (9579) | ||
| 562619 | 2007-06-28 02:30:00 | What!? VPN is NOT a solution in itself! Citrix is a software package that sits on top of MS Server 2003 (terminal Server). What are they using citrix on now....PM me if you need help. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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