ViPNet ThinClient 3.3. Quick Start

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ViPNet ThinClient Setup Order

The ViPNet ThinClient software functions as a terminal server's thin client and is designed for creating a secure client environment. ViPNet ThinClient allows you to organize secure access to a remote desktop on a Windows Server 2003/2008 terminal server (over the RDP protocol) or a Citrix XenApp terminal server (over the ICA protocol), as well as to Citrix XenApp published applications (over the ICA and HTTP protocols), web services (over HTTP and HTTPS), and VMware Horizon View virtual desktops (over RDP and PCoIP).

The advantages of working in the thin client mode are lower software and hardware expenses, system administration time saving, and enhancing protection against malicious users on an internal network.

In terms of the ViPNet technology, ViPNet ThinClient is a ViPNet client that encrypts IP traffic and functions as a personal firewall. A terminal server may work on a ViPNet host or on a host tunneled by a ViPNet coordinator. Therefore, a ViPNet ThinClient host is protected from network attacks and terminal session interruptions.

ViPNet ThinClient is running on an adapted Linux OS. The following hardware versions of ViPNet ThinClient are supported:

 You can install the ViPNet ThinClient software on a removable USB drive and boot your computer from this removable drive in the Live USB mode.

 You can install the ViPNet ThinClient software on a nettop. This document concerns only the following scenario:

 ViPNet ThinClient is installed on a nettop.  The terminal server is tunneled by a coordinator.

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Figure 1: ViPNet ThinClient implementation scheme

To deploy a ViPNet ThinClient host and prepare it for work:

1 Write the ViPNet ThinClient installation disk image on a removable USB drive and install

the ViPNet ThinClient software on your computer (see Installing the ViPNet ThinClient Software on page 5).

2 In ViPNet Network Manager, create a new client that will function as a ViPNet ThinClient

host and configure it.

3 Create a key set for the ViPNet ThinClient host and install the keys (see Installing a Key Set on page 7).

Installing the ViPNet ThinClient

Software

The ViPNet ThinClient software is distributed in two variants:

 As a file thinclient_vipnet_x.x-xxx.usb.img that is a ViPNet ThinClient boot drive image.

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ViPNet ThinClient 3.3. Quick Start 6 You can install the ViPNet ThinClient software on a nettop by using a removable USB drive

where the ViPNet ThinClient installation disk image was written.

Note: To install ViPNet ThinClient on a USB removable drive, write the ViPNet

ThinClient boot drive image on the drive.

To install the ViPNet ThinClient software:

1 Write the ViPNet ThinClient installation disk image thinclient_vipnet_x.x-xxx.img on a removable USB drive.

To write the image on a USB drive, you may use any freeware like Win32 Disk Imager http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/.

2 Connect a monitor and a keyboard to your computer.

3 Connect the USB drive with the ViPNet ThinClient installation disk image to the

computer.

4 Switch on the computer and press Delete to enter the BIOS setup.

Note: In ViPNet ThinClient hardware version 2, the BIOS configuration program is

password-protected by default; the password is vipnet.

5 In BIOS, configure booting from the USB drive, then save the BIOS settings and exit. 6 Turn on the computer. The ViPNet ThinClient setup program will be automatically

launched upon boot.

7 The setup program will display a list of system disks. Type the number of the disk to

install ViPNet ThinClient on and press Enter.

8 The software installation process will be launched. Disconnect the USB drive and press Enter. The computer will be rebooted.

9 In BIOS, configure booting from the drive with installed ViPNet ThinClient.

10 Upon the software installation, install the key sets (see Installing a Key Set on page 7).

11 If a nettop is used as a hardware version, restore BIOS factory default parameters by

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Installing a Key Set

Before you start working with ViPNet ThinClient, you should install keys and host links for your ViPNet host. To do this, you will need a key set created in ViPNet Network Manager. To install keys and host links:

1 Make sure that you have a removable USB drive formatted with FAT32 file system

containing a key set file *.dst.

If an external device with the user keys is required for user authentication, this device is also needed to install keys.

2 Connect a monitor and a keyboard to your computer. If you have ViPNet ThinClient

hardware version 1, connect the USB boot drive.

3 Turn on the computer.

4 If you have ViPNet ThinClient hardware version 1, during the power-on self-test, press Delete for BIOS setup and choose to boot from a USB drive. Save and exit.

5 Upon the operating system has been started, a web browser window will be displayed

prompting you to install a key set.

Figure 2: Installing keys and host links

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7 If an external device is required for the user authentication, connect this device to your

computer, too.

8 Select a logon mode:

 Password, if your key set includes user keys.

 Removable drive, if your user keys were saved on an external device.

9 Select the .dst file from the list. If the list is empty, click to scan the USB drive.

10 Depending on the selected authentication type, in the corresponding box, type your ViPNet

user password or your external authentication device PIN.

11 Click Install. Once the keys are installed successfully, the corresponding message will be

displayed at the bottom of the window. Then, the ViPNet ThinClient home page will be displayed.

If the password (PIN) is incorrect, or the keys have been created not for the ThinClient host type in ViPNet Network Manager, an error message will be displayed at the bottom of the window. In this case, type your password once again or choose another key set.

After you install keys and host links, configure the system date and time and the ViPNet ThinClient host's network connection.

ViPNet ThinClient 3.3. Quick Start

Contents

ViPNet ThinClient Setup Order

Installing the ViPNet ThinClient

Software

Installing a Key Set