Our sticks and modules compared

The table shows the different features of the ECOS Mobile Office sticks, ECOS Secure Boot sticks, and ECOS thin client modules in comparison.

ECOS products

ECOS Mobile Office Stick (RWS700)          
ECOS Mobile Office Plus Stick (RWS710)          
ECOS Secure Boot Stick (STU400)          
ECOS Secure Boot Stick Plus (STU410)          
ECOS Secure Thin Client Module (STM825,STM835,STM850)          

Supported operating systems / hardware

Windows 2000, Win XP, Vista, Windows 7, (from Win XP 32 Bit and 64 Bit)       + +
Mac OS X       + 1 + 1
Linux       + 1 + 1
Operating system independent; boots on any PC hardware + + +    
Use of the drivers installed on the client PC       + +
Supports all popular graphics and network cards (LAN/WLAN/UMTS) + + +    
Keyboard drivers for over 50 languages and countries + + +    
Alternatively, if BIOS doesn't support USB Boot, booting is possible using a Boot-CD   + +    

Internet connection

Use of existing Internet connection under Windows       + +
Connection via LAN, WLAN, HotSpot, UMTS, ISDN, Modem + + + + +
Automatic selection of optimal connection + + +    
Compressed data transfer + + + + +
Configurable access via proxy + + + + +

VPN connection to the gateway

Connection to ECOS MAS100 Appliance/Gateway over SSL-VPN or IPsec + + +    
Connection to ECOS MAS100 Appliance/Gateway on application level VPN       + +
Connection to any VPN-Gateway over IPsec + + +    
VPN connection on application level       + +
Complete VPN connection + + +    
Connecting to multiple target systems + + + + +

Integrated clients

Native RDP client, V5, V6 und V7       + +
RDP client for Linux + + +    
Native Citrix client for presentation Server, XenApp and XenDesktop + + + + +
Firefox 3.6 with Java support + + +    
Clients for VNC and NoMachine + + +    

Representation on the client PC

Automatic adaptation to the local screen resolution + + + + +
Playback of audio data + + + + +
Playing videos in all usual formats + + + + +

Use of local resources afterrelease by the Admin

Internal hard disc drives       + +
CD/DVD drives reading + + + + +
External USB storage + + + + +
Releasing external storage only for a certain type ( e.g. encrypted sticks) + + +    
Releasing external storage, coupled with unique hardware ID + + +    
Local printer + + + + +
Network printer + + + + +
External smartcard reader + + + + +

Data security

VPN connection on application level       + +
No temporary files, no residue on the host PC + + + + +
AES256 encryption of the VPN connection(other methods can be selected) + + + + +
Key length selectable + + + + +
2-factor authentication + + + + +
Integrated smartcard   +   +  
External smartcard reader + + + + +
Password releases RSA Key but is not transmitted + + + + +
Encrypted storage of passwords on the stick, not on the server + + + + +
Password freely configurable by the user + + + + +
Integrated firewall + + +    
Protection from abuse of the tunnel and manipulation of applications by viruses/ malware and Trojans on the host system + + + + +
Protection from keyloggers and reading along screen content via a Trojan + + +    

Additional Functions

Single SignOn for Windows +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
Using an integrated smartcard under local Windows   +   +  
Using the integrated or external smartcard within the terminal server session + + + + +
Encrypted storage of documents under Windows   +   +  
Encrypted storage of passwords to automatically log on to Web sites + + +    

Administration³

Central administration of sticks/modules using the ECOS MAS100 appliance + + + + +
User synchronisation with Active Directory or other directory services + + + + +
Mapping groups to target systems + + + + +
Generate and administer certificates + + + + +
Use of own certificate infrastructure + + + + +
Personalising, replacing, and blocking sticks + + + + +
Central update management + + + + +
SNMP interface + + + + +
Producing log data + + + + +

+ = supported

1) Support from version 4
2) Depending on the used VPN client
3) Using MAS100 Management Appliance