Research Article

Investigation Methodology of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for IoT

Table 3

Access information for a virtual machine logged in the local Windows system.

SolutionRegistryLog/web browser signature

CitrixKEY_CURRENT_USER∖Software∖Citrix∖XenDesktop
∖DesktopViewer∖[VM name]
⇒ VM name, IP address of connection management system (DDC)
%UserProfile%∖AppData∖Roaming∖ICAClient
⇒ VM name, connection/disconnection time  

Signature: DesktopWeb  
⇒ connection time, IP address or name of connection management system (DDC)

VMwareHKEY_CURRENT_USER∖Software∖VMware, Inc.∖VMware VDM∖Client
⇒ VM name, IP address or URL of connection management system (View Manager), domain name, user computer name
%UserProfile%∖AppData∖Local∖VMware∖VDM∖logs
⇒ URL of connection management system (View Manager), connection/disconnection time, domain name, user computer name  

log-[yyyy]-[mm]-[dd].txt

MicrosoftKEY_CURRENT_USER∖Software∖Microsoft∖Terminal Server Client∖Default
⇒ VM name or IP address
Signature: RDWeb
⇒ connection time, Hyper-V server name, domain name