LapLink MN-LGD011-XX-US manual Encrypting information over incoming connections

. . . Encrypting information over incoming connections

By default, LapLink encrypts log-in names and passwords, but nothing else. This setting is usually fine for transmitting data over office networks or other secure connections.

On the Internet, intranets, or wide area networks, however, it is usually a good idea to encrypt your data, including files, text from chat sessions, and instructions sent to the remote computer during Remote Control.

While opening your host computer to incoming connections, you can specify whether and how data transmitted over those connections will be encrypted. The settings on the guest computer are irrelevant. It is the settings on the host computer that determine encryption.1

To encrypt data over incoming connections:

1Click the Security button on the LinkBar.

2On the Encryption tab, check this box: Use Encryption to Send Data.

3If you want to limit encryption to connections over a TCP/IP network or to dial-up connections to a TCP/IP network, including the Internet, check this box: Only Encrypt When Connecting over TCP/IP (Internet/Intranet).

1The only exception occurs when you connect to a com- puter running a version older than LapLink 2000. In this case only, the settings on your newer LapLink 2000 guest computer determine encryption levels.

4 Click a method of encryption:

• LapLink-compatible Encryption Provides com- patibility with versions earlier than LapLink 2000.

•CryptoAPI Encryption Using the Specified

Provider2 Sets a higher degree of security, using an algorithm installed on your computer. Cannot be used in connections with versions earlier than LapLink 2000.

5If you clicked the CryptoAPI Encryption option, click a CryptoAPI provider in the box below the option.

Be sure to specify a provider that is installed on the remote computer too. That computer cannot connect to your computer otherwise.

6If you clicked the CryptoAPI Encryption option—but still want to accept calls from earlier versions of LapLink (which lack CryptoAPI)—check this box: Use LapLink Encryption If Guest Doesn’t have CryptoAPI.

CAUTION This option opens your computer to a lower level of security than you specified in the previous step.

TIP Be sure to enable encryption before a connection is opened. Changing the setting during a connection won’t have any effect until the next connection.

2CryptoAPI encryption is available only if your computer is equipped with software written to the Microsoft CryptoAPI.

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