Re: RD Power 8.5.1 image on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise -- WDSCI-L

Just chiming in here as a Security consultant. Has anyone thought through
the companies policy about logging into a logged in desk top at the office
if no one is at the fiscal desktop or location. What are the chances of a
hacker hi-jacking the PC. I bet the VPN doesn't go directly to the PC. VPN
usually only goes as far as the companies internal network. Making an
active PC fair game to hack if the network is penetrated.

I'm talking out loud and looking for solutions so please don't shoot this
down without thinking about it and if you can provided a valid solution.
The solution is going to be important for everyone. Please don't say we
need to depend on our firewalls and building security because we all know
both of these items can be hacked.

Ray

From: "DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 02/22/2013 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RD Power 8.5.1 image on IBM SmartCloud
Enterprise
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Jim,

Can you just use Remote Desktop from home to access your PC at work? This
often works MUCH better than running the client on the PC at home, and
trying to squeeze all the TCP/IP traffic through the VPN connection. With
Remote Desktop accessing the development workstation at the office, you
get the same operational performance at home as you get at work.

-Eric DeLong

-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jim Essinger
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 6:21 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RD Power 8.5.1 image on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise

Not sure if it would help in my case, but I have been dragging a laptop
between work and home for the last 4 years, and running WDSC/RDPi on it
when I need to. Now I'm giving the laptop up, but still want to run RDPi
from home occasionally. I don't think the license I have will let me have
RDP installed on both my office PC and my home PC at the same time with
the
same license. I don't want to pay for my own license for home, and the
boss is not thrilled about buying another seat for occasional use at home
when I'm VPNed in once or twice a month.

Other questions are - where is the work space located, and how do I keep
it
updated? Is it in the cloud as well? What kind of response would I
expect
to see if using the cloud instance?

Jim

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:44 PM, DeLong, Eric
<EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Jon,

Just thinking aloud here, but I'd expect VERY LARGE organizations would
find this attractive. If the IT department employs many developers,

some

of whom may work remotely, this would be a perfect alternative to their
having to send their computing device back to home office for install.
Probably not as attractive for small business, but still useful for

large

accounts... This would be even more helpful in cases where Rational

Team

Concert is cloud hosted.

-Eric DeLong

-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 5:29 PM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RD Power 8.5.1 image on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise

On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 at 16:51:58, Eric Simpson <esimpson@xxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Yes, the current RD Power image is under the Bring Your Own License

model.

There are other models, such as Pay As You Go, where you do not need

have already purchased a license (the hourly charge is higher). But,
currently RD Power image only provides the Bring Your Own License

option.

OK Eric - sorry but now I'm confused again. If I own a license to RDp
_and_ need a PC to access the service it seems to me that the only thing

gain is that I'm saved the trouble of installing the software. The cost

that convenience is that instead of setting up RDp, I have to set up an
account etc., "rent" the server that runs the image, and, since that

server

is Linux, I will need to be (somewhat) familiar with the Red Hat

interface

to use it. I know cloud computing is trendy but I just don't see why

anyone

would bother.

Can anybody else see what I'm missing here?

Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

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