Re: Linux TS ?
- From: "Java Boy" <fahimzahid.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 02:11:34 +0500
what about tightVNC?
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"Billy" <billy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> HI chaps, wondering if you can point me in the right direction here.
>
> I'm looking at a way to grant work-at-home users access to their favourite
> Windows applications (Outlook, certain MS only applications etc ).
>
> Now, I was thinking maybe TS would be the way to go. I'm looking at a few
> users to begin with, maybe 20-30, scaling up to maybe a few hundred over
> time..maybe even as high as 500.
>
> I would like to be able to put 1.5 meg ADSL connections in their houses
and
> supply them with company hardware all set up and ready to go.
>
> So I was thinking diskless linux based thin clients (customised so the
> machine boots from CD maybe and then presents them with a simple log-on
> screen...they put in their Active Directory corporate login details and
> bang, they're presented with a WinXP desktop or something via Terminal
> services)..
>
> Now, I'd need to run secure connections back to the corporate network. I'm
> thinking IpSec tunnels back to HQ..... my main sticking point is...what am
> I missing in all this? can you guys think of a better way to do this?
>
> Basically as far as the end user is concerned I want them to wander into
> their home office, turn on their computer and then have a simple login
> screen pop up, they put in their username/password and bingo..they get a
> Windows desktop so they can run their finance package or send email via
> Outlook or check their calendars or whatever... plus they could save
files
> direct to maybe a USB key (still dunno about that one) AND that they can
> print stuff to a local printer (so they can save a .doc on their network
> share but print out a hardcopy at home).
>
> This system needs to suit people who are working from home ..they might
not
> actually come into the office for days or weeks on end.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, I've been googling....seen the
> knoppix cd's, the various thin client linux distros, the LTSP project etc
> etc but I am really after something simple, reliable and dependable
running
> over ADSL back to a Terminal Services or Citrix machine..
>
> I am obviously VERY VERY concerned about security of the network..
>
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
.
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