Default Host Security Settings

The following PC-Duo Host security settings are set by default for Windows authentication:

u Service Security: The local machine’s Administrators group and the default PC-Duo Gateway domain user account (RemoteControlGateway) have full access to all the PC-Duo services. Also, any new accounts created on Gateways known to the Host will have full access.

u Admin Security:

w The local machine’s Administrators group and the default PC-Duo Gateway domain user account have full access to all administrative rights for this PC-Duo Host.

w The Interactive group only has rights to Connect for Admin on Local Machine and View Host Status.

u Settings Security: The local machine’s Administrators group and the default PC-Duo Gateway domain user account have full access rights to all administrative settings for this PC-Duo Host.

With these default settings, any other PC-Duo Master user that connects to this Host will be limited to just the Status tab of the PC-Duo Host Control Panel (the other tabs will be hidden). These PC-Duo Master users have no other rights with respect to viewing or modifying other PC-Duo Host settings. The default settings allow for easy configuration of Gateway-managed connections. Use the default user account RemoteControlGateway or any new account created on the Gateway to access configuration options on the Host. If neither of these options is used, a new user account name must be created and configured for full access rights in PC-Duo Host. It is recommended that the user account name not be a member of any group. This strategy keeps the account isolated in case it ever becomes compromised.

The following authentication methods are available:

u “Simple password configuration”

u “Windows authentication configuration”

u “Shared secret password authentication”

u “End-to-end authentication”