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zorro

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Since: Feb 13, 2009
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:49 am
Post subject: Does a Citrix connection expose my PC?
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Hello there,

When I access a remote server through Citrix, can other users who
access that server (an admin for example) browse directories on my PC?

Thanks in advance..
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"Hank Arnold

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:04 am
Post subject: Re: Does a Citrix connection expose my PC? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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zorro wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> When I access a remote server through Citrix, can other users who
> access that server (an admin for example) browse directories on my PC?
>
> Thanks in advance..

AFAIK, no.

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
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Chuck

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:35 pm
Post subject: Re: Does a Citrix connection expose my PC? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"zorro" <myahact.TakeThisOut@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:caff584a-8dcf-4ff7-a1a6-940ffe398beb@g38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> Hello there,
>
> When I access a remote server through Citrix, can other users who
> access that server (an admin for example) browse directories on my PC?
>
> Thanks in advance..

Presumptions:
Windows based PC
Active Directory environment
You are referring to others having visibility of your mapped local device
drives \\client\c$
You are storing something on your local device that you should not have in
your environment and are hoping to hide the existence of

Some statements
Other users, provided the system is configured correctly, are not able to
see that you are on the server let alone see your local device. This is not
to say that a user with certain permissions or rights cant access your local
device across the LAN or WAN regardless of you running an ICA session or if
you have a share

An Admin, if they are Domain Admin can , by nature of his rights and
provided your PC is part of the Domain and the local SAM is not altered, can
see anything they wish to on your PC regardless of if you are running an ICA
Session

If you are accessing the CTX server from a Linux desktop or Thin Client,
then the above does not apply totally however is not to say that a knowledge
or privilege user will not or can not access your local drives and see your
file system

Conjecture:
The greatest risk to the security in any enterprise of any size potentially
comes from its internal users
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