When you want to run NetScaler, the question of the right platform quickly arises. Even companies that have been using NetScaler for years are confronted with this question at the latest when the next upgrade is due. The following hardware platforms are available: Citrix NetScaler MPX: NetScaler in hardware, MPX appliances have SSL acceleration chips Citrix NetScaler VPX: NetScaler as virtual...
Citrix has announced that the N-Factor Flow Visualizer will no longer be supported in the NetScaler ADC. I personally liked to design my N-Factor Flows using this visualizer, because it is convenient and hides the complexity of N-Factor. I also recommended that my customers design their multifactor authentication using this flow designer. However, later versions of NetScaler 14.1 shows N-Factor...
A real-world problem: My customer had a gateway that could log on to two different domains (Domain1 and Domain2). For each domain, there was a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) environment. If you log on to Domain1, then you should get connected to CVAD1, if you log on to Domain2, then to CVAD2. There was an additional problem: it was possible that the same user with the same password...
This might sound like an idea from an overcautious paranoid guy. But it’s not: My customer is in a very sensitive business. The problem Somebody may scan the internet for open ports and, by random, connect to my customer’s IP. This person will send a request and see my customer’s gateway. He might get curious, even though the gateway is not branded at all and the hostname is not...