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October 2007 - Think Thin Think Thin

  • How To Lock Registered Smart Cards to Users

    Here's a simple script that can be used to tie registered users to Smart Cards. All the installation instructions & usage info is contained in the comment header of the script. Get it here . Read More...
    Published Oct 29 2007 by Think Thin , 770 views, 0 comments
  • Sun Ray USB Thumb Drive GUI Tool (utthumb) For Solaris

    Sun Ray (unfortunately) lacks a GUI tool for accessing USB thumb drives & gnome-volcheck requires a source code change to examine alternate removable media directories. Utthumb is a Zenity/Korn Shell based GUI tool for accessing, viewing & removing...
    Published Oct 27 2007 by Think Thin , 1,024 views, 0 comments
  • Green FUD

    CLAIM: The Sun Ray has no on/off switch, thus wastes power. They've got us there, at least with the Sun Ray not having an on/off switch. Since administrators don't need to touch Sun Rays our customers have told us there is no need for one. Sure...
    Published Oct 15 2007 by Think Thin , 775 views, 0 comments
  • More Networking FUD

    CLAIM: UDP protocol cannot handle dropped packets, low bandwidth, excessive latency, or out-of-order delivery, common with multi-hop routes and WANs This is FUD plain and simple. Since the Sun Ray 170 is cited in this "paper" (that I really...
    Published Oct 04 2007 by Think Thin , 786 views, 0 comments
  • More Display Protocol FUD

    CLAIM: Only raw bitmap changes are sent, not drawing commands such as used by RDP, ICA and X Windows protocols. Like VNC, "SLIM" is a very simple protocol to implement on the client, however it typically uses far more bandwidth than protocols...
    Published Oct 03 2007 by Think Thin , 833 views, 0 comments
  • Display Protocol FUD

    CLAIM: The contents of the virtual frame buffer get sent to the Sun Ray client using Sun’s proprietary “SLIM” protocol, which is somewhat similar to the open-source VNC protocol. The competition is clearly reading white papers from 1999 and picking low...
    Published Oct 02 2007 by Think Thin , 817 views, 0 comments
  • Solaris x86 ICA client Windows(Meta) key not working

    For those of you who have recently downloaded, and are trying, the new Solaris x86 ICA client, there was a packaging issue which leaves the Windows(Meta) key not working. This is an issue for Version 8.50 of the Client. This key is handy for things like...
    Published Oct 02 2007 by Think Thin , 853 views, 0 comments