Mando a distancia de IntelliAdmin - actualización del estado
Hemos estado trabajando en la nueva versión de Edición del LAN del mando a distancia por una absolutamente cierta hora.
Sobre un año de hecho.
Para los que han estado esperando… los valdrá.
Antes de hablar algunas de las características frescas que deseo le dejan saber que todos los clientes actuales conseguirán una mejora libre. Esto es un reparto grande. ¿Por qué? Porque cuando lanzamos 3.0 subiremos el precio. Además podemos cambiar la manera que licenciamos el producto (posiblemente por cliente en vez por del administrador). Tan si usted ahora compra, usted conseguirá 3.0 para mucho menos.
El cambio más grande será Vista, y ayuda de 64 pedacitos. Esto suena así que simple en la superficie, pero la fabricación de nuestro producto compatible con Vista ha sido uno de los proyectos de programación más desafiadores que hemos hecho frente siempre.
No deseo conseguir demasiado técnico, sino dejo la toma un ejemplo…
Para asir cambios en la pantalla necesitamos un DLL especial llamado un “gancho”. Este DLL del gancho permite que el agente vea cualquier cambio gráfico, y después lo envía de nuevo al cliente. Para hacer todo este trabajo las aplicaciones del gancho al pedazo compartido de la memoria. Este *must* compartido de la memoria sea accesible a todos los procesos en el sistema.
Bien, porque una absolutamente cierta hora luchamos con nuestro gancho en Vista. ¿Por qué? Porque cada vez que el Internet Explorer fue lanzado nuestro gancho se estrellaría (a veces tomando el sistema con él). Finalmente nos determinamos que el IE ahora fue lanzado en un modo restricto especial, y si usted quisiera tuviera acceso a su memoria compartida usted necesitó permitir explícitamente que estos tipos de procesos le tengan acceso.
Esto habría sido fácil descubrir si Microsoft había documentado correctamente esto - solamente era muy duro encontrar. Peor con todo las llamadas del API necesitadas no podría compilar con la versión actual del estudio visual (bien después de que Vista hubiera sido lanzada). Con una poca suerte y porciones de investigación finalmente conseguimos el gancho para trabajar.
Como usted puede imaginarse, ésta es la extremidad del iceberg. Podría llenar sobre 100 páginas que describían los cambios enormes necesitados para hacerlo no sólo compatible con Vista, pero trabajo bien con Vista.
Todavía estamos consiguiendo todos los extremos atados para arriba, y tengo un cálculo aproximado de cerca de 2 meses antes de que lanzamos nuestro primer beta. Puede ser que sea menos tiempo que eso, pero deseo dar nuestro sitio de respiración del equipo así que se concentran en calidad y no la raza para acabar
With that said, lets start looking at some of the feature in the new version.
Request access before connecting:
We have a flood of email asking for this. Essentially it allows the end user to have a choice when you connect. They are asked for their permission before you can control their computer. I believe in some areas this is a regulatory requirement (Like being notified that your phone conversation is being recorded).
We wanted it to be clear when permission was asked. So what 3.0 does is darken the current desktop, and display a request form like this:
Now, even this feature gave us some heartburn. We wanted this to be shown even if the user had not logged in yet...and it does do that (This was not easy to accomplish). No matter where the user is at, they will be prompted for access.
Seamless operation during a UAC prompt:
If you have not used Vista before, you might not know what I am talking about. Essentially a UAC prompt is popped up each time you try to do something that requires administrative access. It looks something like this:
Whats the big deal here? Well the big deal is that most remote control software out there will choke when this prompt comes up. RealVNC will just disconnect you. UltraVNC has this wacky disconnect and reconnect feature, but very few remote control solutions have an elegant solution that allows seamless operation before, during, and after a UAC prompt. We have accomplished this in 3.0.
Support for Group Policy, and Windows User accounts:
Currently you simply need an administrator account. Now this will always be true if you want to automatically install the agent over your LAN. What if you wanted to install the agent yourself, and grant all users that are a member of the "Remote Administrators" group "View Only" access? This is all possible in 3.0. In addition, we will make available a group policy template that will allow you to deploy, and manage permissions of agents across your network.
Lets start looking at some screen shots of the software :)
Multi-User permissions
There are three types of accounts available in the new version.
1. Windows users and groups - These are domain, or local accounts that are granted access to the agent
2. Standard username and password - These are username and password combinations created by you, but do not require any interaction with windows security
3. VNC password accounts - Yes. You read it right, support for VNC client to connect to the agent.
Now with 1, and 2 you get a secure connection with Diffie-Heliman key exchange exchange, and 256 bit AES encryption. In addition to that the client supports the full array of features made available in 3.0
If the client is VNC, there is no encryption, and limited support for the new features. VNC support has been added for those customers that have non-windows operating systems and need some way to connect. If you do not add a VNC account, the VNC authentication system becomes inactive.
Here is what the form looks like for adding, or updating these user accounts:
Each user has their own settings:
So for example, you could give windows administrators full access, but standard users 'view only' access.
IP Address Filtering
Out of the box it will allow any IP to connect. Using filtering you could restrict it to a range of IP addresses, or block specific IPs that you have had problems with:
Multiple Interfaces Supported
Most of the time you will only need to listen on all interfaces on the same port. If you have custom needs it is possible to listen on more than one port, and on a specific interface:
Status Window
This has been requested many times over. Some customers have wanted a constant notification while the administrator is connected. When the status window is turned on it is displayed in the top right of the screen. If the mouse moves near it then switches to the left side of the screen. No matter what screen or window the user is on - it will always be displayed. This means even if the workstation is locked, or the user has not even logged in yet...it will be shown (While the administrator is connected)
Here is what it looks like:
Connection Activity
When administrators are connected, it is easy to see who is connected and from what IP address:
That is all I have for now. If you would like to join the beta program (Again...it may be 2 months before you see anything). Please send an email to beta@intelliadmin.com with Remote Control LAN as the subject, and you will be added to the beta list.Popularity: 3%
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