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Remote access glossary.

The key terms around remote support, remote access and secure system access — explained briefly and clearly.

Attended remote access

A technician joins the user's screen live, with their consent — typical for workstation support. In Termiverse via WebRTC right in the browser, no client to install.

Unattended access

Access to a device with nobody sitting in front of it — e.g. servers or workstations after hours. An always-on agent keeps the connection ready.

RBAC (role-based access control)

Permissions are granted through roles rather than per person. Each connection carries a right per role or user (READ_ONLY, CONNECT, ADMIN); the highest one applies.

Channel

Termiverse's billing unit: one channel = one connection or one monitoring target. The base plan includes 10 channels usable simultaneously, with more available to add.

Enrollment token

A one-time token that lets an agent register itself with the right group during first install — no manual server configuration on the device.

Agent

A lightweight program on the target device that keeps an outbound connection to the server. That makes the device reachable without opening inbound ports.

Firewall tunnel

A dedicated endpoint that makes SSH, RDP or VNC reachable to systems behind a firewall — with a target allowlist and no inbound port forwarding.

Wake-on-LAN

A network command that wakes a powered-off machine. Through the tunnel it can be triggered remotely, before you connect.

Break-glass / four-eyes

Access to sensitive systems is only possible after explicit approval by a second person. A dedicated approver role decides who grants it.

Session recording

Recording a session for later replay — SSH as a terminal capture, RDP and VNC via guacd. An important record for audit and compliance.

Audit log

A complete record of logins, sessions and permission changes — so it is traceable who accessed what, and when.

guacd (Apache Guacamole)

The Apache Guacamole server component that translates RDP, VNC and SSH into the browser. That is how graphical sessions run fully clientless.

WebRTC

A browser technology for real-time media. Termiverse uses it for attended screen access at low latency — with no extra software.

Persistent session (tmux)

An SSH session that keeps running in tmux on the target server when the browser closes and resumes — including running programs — on reconnect.

Quick command

A stored command you run with one click — globally or per connection, and optionally across several open SSH sessions at once.

White-label

Running the platform under your own brand: your logo, your colours and your own domain instead of a third-party vendor name.

Self-hosted

Running the whole platform on your own infrastructure — full data sovereignty, with Termiverse on request and without a channel limit.

Remote desktop (RDP/VNC)

Graphical remote access to a machine's desktop. Termiverse shows it clientless in the browser (Guacamole-based), with no local RDP or VNC client.

SSH terminal in the browser

A full SSH session right in the browser, with no local client. Termiverse uses xterm.js for it.

Monitoring

Reachability and status monitoring of connections and targets. A monitored target counts as a channel, just like a connection.

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