Citrix Offers Remote PC Access With BT

Wednesday, 15 June 2005 by Michel Roth

Citrix Online has announced a new service for teleworkers and small businesses to allow remote access to their PCs. The new service, BT Remote Access Pack, is tied in with BT's broadband service and is powered by Citrix' GoToMyPC service.
According to Citrix, only the PCs authorised and assigned to an individual user are shown. Users choose one or more and authenticate with a second password, and only then are granted access. They can then use and control their remote desktops as if they were local. Real-time access is then provided to the full contents of their desktop computers from anywhere, including all files and network connections, while billing and customer support is handled by BT. Business. Citrix said that its security controls include one-time passwords, end-to-end user authentication, 128-bit AES end-to-end, screen blanking and mouse locking of the host computer.

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