Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
RSA Authentication Client (RAC)
RSA Smart Card Middleware
RSA SID800
RSA SecurID SID800 Hardware Authenticators
RDP User Experience for Various Configurations of Network Level Authentication (NLA)
| NLA configured on Local system?[1] | NLA configured on remote system?[2] | MS Password CP filtered on remote system?[3] | System where user is prompted for credentials | Smart card removal policy on remote system is enforced? |
| No | No | N/A | Yes | |
| No | Yes | N/A | Remote system (subject to remote system policy)[4] | Yes |
| Yes | No | N/A | Remote system (subject to local policy)[5] | Yes |
| Yes | Yes | No | Local system | No |
| Yes | Yes | Yes
| Both local system and remote system | Yes |
[1] OS must be Windows Server 2008, Vista (any edition), Windows 7 or XP SP3 with CredSSP support explicitly enabled
[2] OS must be Windows Server 2008, Vista (any edition) or Windows 7
[3] Third-party providers cannot be configured to accept the passed-through credentials. Only the MS credential providers are supported for this purpose.
[4] Connection is only possible if Remote Desktop policy on the remote system is configured to allow non-NLA connections
[5] To handle the case where NLA is unavailable on the remote system, RDC policy can be set to 1. ) silently connect; 2.) allow the connection after warning the user; 3.) do not allow the connection
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