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An engineer must configure remote desktop connectivity for offsite admins via clientless SSL VPN, configured on a Cisco ASA to Windows Vista workstations. Which two configurations provide the…
The correct answer is B. RDP2 bookmark via the RDP2 plugin. The RDP2 plugin on a Cisco ASA provides clientless SSL VPN remote desktop access to Windows Vista workstations, which require the enhanced RDP protocol version.
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- ATelnet bookmark via the Telnet plugin
- BRDP2 bookmark via the RDP2 plugin
- CVNC bookmark via the VNC plugin
- DCitrix bookmark via the ICA plugin
- ESSH bookmark via the SSH plugin
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Why each option
The RDP2 plugin on a Cisco ASA provides clientless SSL VPN remote desktop access to Windows Vista workstations, which require the enhanced RDP protocol version.
Telnet provides a plaintext command-line terminal session and cannot deliver a graphical remote desktop experience to a Windows Vista workstation.
Windows Vista introduced Network Level Authentication (NLA) as the default RDP security layer, which the standard RDP plugin does not support. The Cisco ASA RDP2 plugin implements the updated RDP protocol version required for Vista compatibility, allowing clientless SSL VPN portal users to launch a browser-based RDP2 session directly to Vista desktops without installing a VPN client.
VNC requires a third-party VNC server to be installed and running on the Windows Vista workstation, which is not a default Windows component and was not specified in the requirement.
Citrix ICA requires a Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop server infrastructure and cannot connect directly to a standard Windows Vista workstation.
SSH provides encrypted command-line access only and does not support the graphical remote desktop protocol required to connect to Windows Vista.
Concept tested: Cisco ASA clientless SSL VPN RDP2 plugin for Windows Vista
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa84/configuration/guide/asa_84_cli_config/vpn_clientless_ssl.html
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