[THIN] Re: RDP vs. ICA -
- From: "Rob Beekmans" <robbeekmans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:43:03 +0200
look at tweakcitrix / shared files there's a document comparing them both
grx
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Danilychev" <teknica@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:30 PM
Subject: [THIN] Re: RDP vs. ICA -
> Hi John,
>
> This is a hot, I would say explosive subject.
>
> To be fair, you should give your management information not about which
> protocol is better (faster, lower latency, higher compression, more
> features, etc.), but what business objectives are met by delivering
> applications via MetaFrame or pure Terminal Services.
>
> There is much more to it versus what the end user can see.
>
> Ultimately load balancing, seamless nature of application delivery,
firewall
> traversal with Citrix Secure Gateway and NFuse with strong authentication
> (not just encryption!!) highlight the need for ICA.
>
> If your search this group you will find the latest, i.e. 2002,
"benchmarks"
> for ICA, RDP + SUN, AT&T, etc. thin client connectivity. Although these
> papers might be helpful to get something on the table for the management,
> they are not very impressive and are always outdated.
>
> So, unless this is a formality, look at the big picture.
>
> ALEX
>
>
> >From: John Twilley <John.Twilley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [THIN] RDP vs. ICA - Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:13:59 -0400
> >
> >
> >Upper-Management would like me to provide information regarding RDP 5.x
vs.
> >ICA.
> >I have scouted around and found OLD documents, but I am coming up dry on
> >new
> >comparisons...
> >
> >Has anyone been down this road?
> >I would love to hear how you handled defending Citrix
Metaframe...assuming
> >you did.
> >
> >
> >What I've found:
> >
> >http://www.thinplanet.com/opinion/Protocols.asp old - 1999
> >
> >http://www.stiv.com/ncd/comp/benchresults.htm Thin Client Stats
> >
> >http://www.stiv.com/ncd/comp/rdp4v5.htm RDP vs ICA (Early release of
RDP
> >5)
> >
> >One of the major digs against RDP so far is LOAD Balancing. Microsoft's
> >implementation of load balancing is scary.
> >i.e. glorified round-robin DNS
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >
> >John Twilley
> >Catalina Marketing
> >
> >
> >
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