VMware View Security Essentials: The vital elements of securing your View environment are the subject of this user-friendly guide. From a theoretical overview to practical instructions, it's the ideal tutorial for beginners and an essential reference source for the more experienced.

Daniel Langenhan

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4.5 (2 Ratings)

Paperback Jul 2013 130 pages 1st Edition

Daniel Langenhan

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Discover how to correctly implement View connection, security, and transfer servers
Understand all the firewall rules and the basics of multi-layered security
Secure all your connections between client and desktop

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Most people associate security with network security and focus on firewalls and network monitoring. However, there is more to security than that. Security starts with the establishment of a stable environment, protecting this environment not only from intrusion, but also from malicious intent. It is about tracking the issue and recovering from it. These elements of security are what this book aims to address. VMware View Security Essentials addresses the topic of security in the corporate environment in a new way. It starts with the underlying virtual infrastructure and then delves into securing your base, your connection, and your client. This is not only a ‚Äúhow-to‚Äù book, but is also a book that explains the background and the insights of View security for the experienced professional's desktop virtualization. This book takes you through the four major View security areas. Each area deals with all the aspects of security and explains the background as well as laying out simple-to-follow recipes to implement a higher security standard. We start at the Virtualization base and work our way through the various View server types. We will then dive into the problems and issues of securing a connection before we address the security of the desktop itself. We conclude with a look into the backing up of our View installation and preparing for disaster recovery.

Who is this book for?

This book is a ‚Äúhow-to‚Äù for the novice, a ‚Äúreference guide‚Äù for the advanced user, and a ‚Äúgo to" for the experienced user in all the aspects of VMware View desktop virtualization security.

What you will learn

Create, use, and install SSL certificates
Acquire a new skill set in troubleshooting security issues
Learn about secure tunnelling your desktop connection with RDP and PCoIP
Understand the concepts of pairing View security and transfer severs with View connection servers
Understand the key aspects of blocking undesirable USB devices

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They call me... "The Hamster". Dec 14, 2013

The author does an excellent job of explaining and guiding the reader through an end to end secure implementation of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with VMware View in this book. Not only are all aspects of the underlying infrastructure requirements and considerations discussed, but the detail in how to implement the solution adhering to best practices and addressing security concerns is extremely valuable while simultaneously easy to comprehend.This is a thorough discussion of the areas of concern one needs to take into consideration prior to the implementation of VDI leveraging VMware View, while not seeming as if it is a task to read in order to absorb the material and concepts. Additionally it is a wonderful resource for not only those that are new to VDI, but also those who have been working with these solutions for some time to use as a reference when working with View to ensure that they are adhering to best practices.

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Jeff Jones Jan 04, 2014

I volunteered to review this book as I was intrigued by the potential of one based on View and the security options of a VDI infrastructure. I have been working with View and the Horizon Suite from VMware for the last eight months or so and am familiar with the various security options. What I hoped to find interesting was the real world implementation of View security beyond the basic Best Practices that are readily available.Who would benefit from this book?Anyone considering View for their VDI project or anyone in charge of designing the environment may benefit from reading this start to finish. If you have no experience, it’s a pretty good manual for setup and network connections between the View objects. Obviously, the basic security setups are covered also. I have built four environments (three labs and one production) using View 5.2 and 5.3 and I got some good tips, but it’s not a cover-cover read for anyone with some experience. It’s not a bad reference tool though.What’s in the book?This is a good round-up of most of the documentation you would end up reading in bits if you were just starting out. It covers basic design, setup and security. There are screenshots to complement the test instructions which are helpful if you’re new to the product. If you’re looking for something more comprehensive, like total environment design and security, this isn’t it. The book doesn’t lie though; it’s explicit on what it’s going to tell you, and gives you some web links on reading about what it isn’t.There is a basic design based on a mid-size office included but it’s limited to Connection and Security server connections and a couple desktop pool options.This will help if you’re considering a DMZ or multiple DMZ’s for your Security servers. The book does explain why the DMZ is important and how to harden the connection between the LAN and DMZ. More aggressive security concepts are explored, like a DMZ between the LAN and your View network. These parts of the book were standout. There is also a good section on the load balancing variations that can be built using vCNS, vShield and third party hardware.The security continues to get better near the end when he covers ADM templates. However, like the rest of the book, the options are covered in great detail, but no reasons on why or why not to implement some of them. I was looking for more of an experience based security design book and “from the trenches” anecdotes on what security options work better in certain situations.Backup options are also covered, but this is basic stuff. VMware has never claimed to be backup software, and third party tools are absolutely imperative in backing up View and vSphere. Still, what needs to be backed up and why is covered and that’s always a good reminder.Recommendation: This is a good complement to your VMware book collection as a reference for View environments if you’re an experienced architect or administrator. It’s worth more attention if you need to prepare for your first View build. Keep in mind that this book is based on View 5.2 even though it isn’t mentioned in the title

VMware View Security Essentials: The vital elements of securing your View environment are the subject of this user-friendly guide. From a theoretical overview to practical instructions, it's the ideal tutorial for beginners and an essential reference source for the more experienced.

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