SAFremote Authenticator™
Citrix MetaFrame, Remote Desktop, and Terminal Services Integration
SAFremote Authenticator is an add-on product from Saflink that enables strong authentication over terminal and remote sessions. With SAFremote Authenticator installed on the terminal or remote clients, end-users benefit from the exact same secure authentication, client functionality and user experience as if they were located on secured local workstations. Enterprise administrators can now take full advantage of these terminal and remote solutions while matching the same high level of security and identity management of their local workstations.
SAFremote Authenticator 1.1 supports the following:
- Citrix® MetaFrame® Access Suite - allows enterprises to provide a secure, single point of access to enterprise applications and data while ensuring a consistent user experience. Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite enables administrators to deliver, manage, monitor, and measure enterprise resources on demand. Utilizes ICA client connections, Citrix’ terminal connection.
- Windows® Terminal Services - allows enterprises to provide Windows-based applications and Windows desktop to a wide range of clients, including those that cannot run Windows. When using Terminal Services, the application execution takes place on the server, and only keyboard, mouse and display information is sent over the terminal connection. Utilizes Microsoft’s Terminal Services client connections, called Remote Desktop Connection (RDC).
- XP Remote Desktop - allows users to access applications, files and network resources on a remote computer running Windows XP Professional from any other Windows-based workstation. Utilizes Remote Desktop Connection (RDC), same as Windows Terminal Services.
Key Features of Saflink products + SAFremote Authenticator:
- Tight Integration with Operating Environment – Saflink solutions are tightly integrated into popular operating environments – Microsoft® Active Directory® and Novell® eDirectory® – allowing administrators to extend (not replace) and strengthen their existing infrastructures. Secure authentication credentials and user logon preferences are stored in the user directory. Saflink administration plugs in seamlessly to existing user directory management tools.
- Mix and Match Strong Authentication – take advantage of a wide variety of strong authentication technologies, including biometrics (fingerprint authentication, iris recognition, speaker verification and facial recognition) as well as smart cards, proximity cards, radio-frequency badges and tokens (available off-the-shelf or with professional services).
- Vendor & Technology Independent – supports a wide variety of biometric hardware devices, allowing enterprises to choose the technology(s) that best fit the environment.
- Choice of Enrollment Methods – in addition to administrator-controlled enrollments, administrators may elect to have users self-enroll (optional or required) the next time they log on or use the Practice Utility to try out biometrics at their convenience.
- User Authority Delegation™ – allows assistants and generic account end users to biometrically log on using another authorized identity, providing essential audit and administrator controls not possible through password sharing.
- Disconnected Logon – log on to local workstations in the exact same way, whether connected to a network or not. Use strong authentication to protect workstations…even when on the road!
- Strong Authentication for Specific Applications – Saflink products ships with adapters to enable strong authentication into different Single Sign-On (SSO) programs. SSO use workstation and/or network login to securely authenticate into specific enterprise and web applications, further protecting key enterprise assets.