Category Archive: security

VMware View with Biometrics, SSO and Strong Authentication

Working in the Office of the CTO for VMware’s End User Computing BU is a lot of fun! I not only get to work with some cool new technologies and solutions, but I also get to talk to customers and vendors to understand their technologies and the directions that the EUC market is taking. What …

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Hardening VDI (VMView) Deployments

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I have been meaning to write an article about VDI hardening for a little while. Couple weeks ago listened the recording to an awesome VMworld session entitled “VMware View Security Architecture and Best Practices” hosted by Rob Randell and Mark Benson, both from VMware. This session has finally put me back on track to write …

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TechPreview NeoAccel SSL VPN integrated with VMware View

Time to share! I have been working with NeoAccel engineers on a solution to allow access to VMware View remote sessions over the internet. Then you say – Everyone does that today! – Yes, that is true, but no single VDI product on the market cover all possible scenarios today.   The solution allow users …

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F5 Networks releases deployment guide for VMware View 4

F5 Networks released a deployment and procedures guide for VMware View. This document provides guidance and configuration procedures for deploying the BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) v10 with VMware View. Probably one of the most interesting features provided by F5 BIG-IP appliance is the ability to create UDP tunneling with dTLS (datagram TLS) and TCP …

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VMware ESX 4.0 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A security advisory released today by leading Australian information security consultancy StratSec warns of a security weakness in a third party component used by many software companies including VMware, potentially allowing the theft of user credentials. The vendor of the third party component – WebWorks – worked with VMware and stratsec for approximately six months …

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PCI DSS, Network Ports and your VMware Environment

Recently I have been involved with deployment of PCI DSS at TeleTech for the APAC region. It’s good to say that TeleTech has been oficially declared PCI compliant however VMware is still on track to get their products certified. This puts a barrier for organizations with high virtualisation levels but I am not here to …

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