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The Web Interface dynamically creates an HTML page with a depiction of the server farm for each of your users. After logging on, each user sees a Web page that includes all the applications and resources in the server farm that you configure for that user. Using the Web Interface, you can create
Any enterprise that relies on the Internet for connectivity must contend with security issues. Despite the enthusiasm for worldwide business communications, corporations must still be assured that they can protect confidential data from prying eyes as it travels through a public network. You use the Web Interface with the Secure Gateway to transport data securely over the Internet, using standards- based security technology. Users access their applications through the browser, typically as shown below.
The Secure Gateway for MetaFrame Presentation Server
Secure Gateway is an infrastructure component you use to secure access to server farms and access centers. The Secure Gateway transparently encrypts and authenticates all user connections to protect against data tampering and theft.
Install the Secure Gateway in a network’s demilitarized zone (DMZ) to form a secure perimeter around the MetaFrame Presentation Server components in your enterprise network. The Secure Gateway authenticates users connecting over the Internet and establishes a secure channel for data exchange between the client device and the MetaFrame Access Suite.
Extensible Solutions for Enterprise Systems
Many additional features are available as part of various MetaFrame Presentation Server solutions. You install and use only the features that you need on each server and customize the server according to your needs and the role of a server in your enterprise.
Many additional features are flexible because you can install them separately. You can administer the additional features that come with MetaFrame Presentation Server, Enterprise Edition, through the management consoles. This means that you use the same tools to access all of the information about computers running MetaFrame Presentation Server. For example, if you install the Enterprise Edition of MetaFrame Presentation Server, the management consoles include additional pages that you use to manage and monitor your server farm.