Symantec PCANYWHERE - V12.1, User Manual

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In the IP Address box, enter the IP address of the Symantec pcAnywhere
Gateway or Access Server through which you want to connect.
4
In the Password box, enter the pcAnywhere password that is needed to
connect, if necessary.
5
If you want to connect to a specific group that is configured on the Access
Server, in the Group box, type the name of the group.
6
To save the connection settings without starting a connection, on the
navigation bar, tap OK.
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To connect, tap Connect.
Encrypting your mobile sessions
Encryption is a method of encoding or scrambling data to prevent unauthorized
users from reading or tampering with the data. Symantec pcAnywhere Mobile
uses encryption to ensure that the data that you send cannot be read or altered
by unauthorized users while in transit.
If the host and the remote are running pcAnywhere 11.5 or later and the encryption
levels do not match, pcAnywhere automatically raises the encryption level on the
computer that is using the lower level to match the encryption level on the
computer that is using the higher level. If you are using symmetric encryption,
pcAnywhere also raises the algorithm levels if the one of the computers is using
a lower level.
For example, if the host encryption level is configured for pcAnywhere encoding
and the remote encryption level is configured for symmetric encryption,
pcAnywhere automatically raises the encryption level on the host to symmetric.
If either the host computer or the remote computer is running pcAnywhere 11.0.x
or earlier and the encryption levels or algorithms do not match, pcAnywhere
attempts to lower the encryption level on the computer that is using the higher
level to match the encryption level on the computer that is using the lower level.
You can configure pcAnywhere to deny the connection instead.
See “Using encryption to protect data” on page 211.
To encyrpt your mobile sessions
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On the main pcAnywhere Mobile screen, do one of the following:
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To edit an existing connection item, in the connection items list, select
the connection item.
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To create a new connection item, on the command bar, tap New.
Connecting from a mobile device
Ways to connect another computer from a mobile device
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