Client Compatibilty Matrix

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Not all Clients work the same way. The following tables summarize the main differences between them all.

Remember, k8s service, Connector and Portal use versions of the Linux (headless) Client.

Windows

 

Always-on

Windows lite

Windows SSO

Windows multi-user

Windows full

Windows headless

Client DNS set by

Policy or IdP

Policy or IdP

Policy or IdP

Policy or IdP

Windows

DNS forwarder

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

IdP - block local DNS requests

Y

Y

N/A

Y

N

Managed profiles (by admin)

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

SAML/OIDC IdP

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Certificate authentication

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Built-in (formerly Fixed) device claims

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Scripted (formerly On-demand) device claims

Y

No device scripts allowed

Y

Y

Y

clientType claim

Full

Headless

Lite

SSO

Full

IPv6

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Inactivity detection

Y

N

Y

N

Y

PAC file enforcement

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Trusted network auto-suspend

Y

Y

Y

Y

N Warning: Do not do.

FIPS mode

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Number of Sites

Any

Any

Any

Any

Any

Ringfence

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Default route

Y

Y

Y

Y

N Warning: Do not do.

Excluded subnets

Y

Y

N

Y

N Warning: Do not do.

Auto-update (by admin)

Y (Triggers a-o auto-update)

Y (Triggers a-o auto-update)

N

N

N

Protocols

All

All

HTTP(S) only

All

No SMB, ICMP (from system)

macOS

 

Always-on

macOS full

macOS headless

Client DNS set by

Policy or IdP

Policy or IdP

DNS forwarder

Y

Y

IdP - block local DNS requests

N

N

Managed profiles (by admin)

Y

Y

SAML/OIDC IdP

Y

N

Certificate authentication

Smart card only

Saved to file only

Built-in (formerly Fixed) device claims

Y

Y

Scripted (formerly On-demand) device claims

Y

No device scripts allowed

clientType claim

Full

Headless

IPv6

Y

Y

Inactivity detection

Y

N

PAC file enforcement

Y

N

Trusted network auto-suspend

Y

Y

FIPS mode

Y

Y

Number of Sites

Any

Any

Ringfence

Y

Y

Default route

Y

Y

Excluded subnets

Y

Y

Auto-update (by admin)

Y (Triggers a-o auto-update)

N

Protocols

All

All

Linux

 

Linux full

Linux headless

Client DNS set by

Policy or IdP

Policy or IdP

DNS forwarder

Y

Y

IdP - block local DNS requests

N

N

Managed profiles (by admin)

Y

Y

SAML/OIDC IdP

Y

N

Certificate authentication

Smart card only

Saved to file only

Built-in (formerly Fixed) device claims

Y

Y

Scripted (formerly On-demand) device claims

Y

No device scripts allowed

clientType claim

Full

Headless

IPv6

Y

Y

Inactivity detection

Y

N

PAC file enforcement

N

N

Trusted network auto-suspend

Y

Y

FIPS mode

Y

Y

Number of Sites

Any

Any

Ringfence

Y

Y

Default route

Y

Y

Excluded subnets

Y

Y

Auto-update (by admin)

Download only

N

Protocols

All

All

Kubernetes

 

k8s service

Client DNS set by

Policy or IdP

DNS forwarder

N

IdP - block local DNS requests

N

Managed profiles (by admin)

N

SAML/OIDC IdP

N

Certificate authentication

N/A

Built-in (formerly Fixed) device claims


Scripted (formerly On-demand) device claims

No device scripts allowed

clientType claim

Headless

IPv6

Y

Inactivity detection

N

PAC file enforcement

N

Trusted network auto-suspend

Y

FIPS mode

Y

Number of Sites

Any

Ringfence

N Warning: Do not do.

Default route

Y

Excluded subnets

Y

Auto-update (by admin)

N

Protocols

All

Appliance function

 

Connector

Portal

Client DNS set by

N/A

Policy using default (or IdP)

DNS forwarder

N

N

IdP - block local DNS requests

N

N

Managed profiles (by admin)

N

N

SAML/OIDC IdP

N

Y

Certificate authentication

N/A

N

Built-in (formerly Fixed) device claims

Always same (Linux Client)

Limited range + browser claims

Scripted (formerly On-demand) device claims

N/A

N/A

clientType claim

Connector

Web

IPv6

Y

Y

Inactivity detection

N

N

PAC file enforcement

N

N

Trusted network auto-suspend

N Warning: Do not do.

N Warning: Do not do.

FIPS mode

Y

Y

Number of Sites

Any

Any

Ringfence

N Warning: Do not do.

N Warning: Do not do.

Default route

Y

Y

Excluded subnets

Y

Y

Auto-update (by admin)

With appliance update

With appliance update

Protocols

All

HTTPS only

Mobile

 

Android

Chrome OS

iOS/iPad OS

Client DNS set by

Policy using default (or IdP)

Policy using default (or IdP)

Policy using default (or IdP)

DNS forwarder

Use default GW

Use default GW

Use default GW

IdP - block local DNS requests

N

N

N

Managed profiles (by admin)

Y

Y

Y

SAML/OIDC IdP

Y

Y

Y

Certificate authentication

N

N

N

Built-in (formerly Fixed) device claims

No MAC address

No MAC address

No MAC address

Scripted (formerly On-demand) device claims

No device scripts allowed

No device scripts allowed

N

clientType claim

Full

Full

Full

IPv6

Y

No tunneled IPv6

Y

Inactivity detection

N

N

N

PAC file enforcement

N

N

N

Trusted network auto-suspend

Y

N

N

FIPS mode

N

N

N

Number of Sites

Any

Any

4

Ringfence

N

N

N

Default route

Y

Y

Y

Excluded subnets

N

N

Y

Auto-update (by admin)

N

N

N

Protocols

All

All

All

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