Step 13: Secret Launchers

A secret launcher opens a connection to the remote computer or device or logs into a website using the secret's credentials directly from the Web page. While this provides a convenient method of opening RDP and PuTTY connections, it also circumvents users being required to know their passwords. A user can still gain access to a needed machine, but it is not required to view or copy the password out of Secret Server. A Web launcher automatically logs into websites using the client's browser. SS launchers, also called protocol handlers, come in three primary types:

• Remote Desktop: Launches a Windows Remote Desktop session and automatically authenticates the user to the machine.
• PuTTY: Opens a PuTTY session and authenticates the user to a Unix system.
• Web Password Filler: Uses a Chrome extension to automatically log the user into a website with secret credentials. See our separate documentation for Web Password Filler.
• Web Launcher: An alternative method to automatically log on websites. See Web Launchers.

See Secret Launchers and Protocol Handlers for more information.