Ivar you hit the nail on the head.  I wanted to give access to an iPad but
require cards on the DTUs.  The DTUs are in a clinic at a university.  So we
want cards for the doctors and nurses so students can not "play".  Then
iPads can be used to access in the office.

/paul

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Ivar Janmaat <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't think Paul request is that strange.
> Maybe a feature request for the next version? ;-)
> I am not talking about security. I agree with you on that.
> But what about a  Sun ray environment in combination with Ipads.
> The Sun rays can be public terminals but you don't want any resource used
> on them unless the user has a smartcard
> With a smartcard the user can logon otherwise there is no access.
>
> The IPad however is personal so you can allow non smartcard logons. The
> IPad has its own access control.
> So people who have access to the Ipad are allowed to have access to a logon
> screen on OVDC without a smartcard.
>
> The same applies to a pc where a user has to logon to the PC domain first.
> Logging on to the device resembles inserting the smartcard. Then the next
> step (logging on to VDI) is the same for Sun Rays and other devices.
> I can see that Pauls policy might be handy in some mixed device situations
> were there are a limited number of personal laptops and Ipads and large
> numbers of Sun Rays.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ivar
>
> Bob Doolittle schreef:
>
>  There is no way to enable non-card access for the soft-client only, if
>> that's what you're asking.
>>
>> Generally, this seems to make little sense. If anything a soft client is
>> *less* secure than hardware, since software is easier to spoof. So to
>> restrict hardware clients from a policy, while allowing it for soft clients,
>> is not something the product offers.
>>
>> -Bob
>>
>>
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