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...
One of the main concerns that my large customers have is that the Citrix Gateway could fall victim to a DOS or DDOS attack. Linked to this, of course, is the concern that – after a successful attack – it might be possible to bypass authentication or compromise the gateway or the appliance. We have to distinguish between attacks that happen before and those that happen after...
last update: February 21st 2022 Recently, I had been asked, how to protect a gateway from threads. It’s easy, I thought, Citrix ADC has everything needed in good quality: A Bot Management, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and AppQoE (Application quality of experience, a DOS protection feature). So nothing easier than that: Create the policies desired and bind them to the gateway. Shortly...
There are several guidelines out there how to do this. I want to dig a bit deeper. Why do I want to use NetScaler policies to rewrite and pimp this webpage? There are two reasons: A NetScaler is there and it is possible. And it will survive all (or near to all, there will never be a guarantee!) upcoming NetScaler updates! So where do we start? This is a German version of a NetScaler Gateway...
It’s a problem coming up every now and then: I can’t connect to a certain Citrix VDA, but can connect to all/some others. If your problem is a more general one, continue reading here My first guess would always be a L4 problem, but “I opened up all firewalls”. Never open too much, and maybe it’s not an issue about firewalls. First of all, it’s not the STA...
Why do I love HDX on UDP in Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp? (HDX Enlightened Data Transport EDT) Well, I’m mainly a network guy. So I’ll take a look at this brand new feature from networking perspective.I’ll start from scratch, so I don’t assume you understand network protocols. But let me tell you a joke about UDP first: I got a short joke about UDP, and I don’t care...
last update: February 10 2023 One of the most annoying issues in Citrix NetScaler is ICA / HDX connection issues. The reason for this is the way connection issues are reported. There are two potential sources of trouble: Citrix StoreFront and Citrix NetScaler Gateway. So I will divide my blog into three sections: How to find the source of trouble, Troubleshooting Citrix StoreFront and...
As soon as our NetScaler Gateway is up and running we need to set up StoreFront to use it. It’s more a kind of introducing the NetScaler Gateway to StoreFront. Other than WebInterface StoreFront is designed to use a NetScaler Gateway, so it’s a rather easy thing to do. Enabling Pass-Through authentication from NetScaler Gateway We open up StoreFront management console and click...
last update February 7th 2017 There are never versions about SSL-settings We have previously created a NetScaler Gateway on our NetScaler 11. That’s great! Time to check if it’s secure. I usually use SSL labs SSL test, a widely used tool to test the security of a website. I have an other blog about NetScaler virtual servers (contentswitching and loadbalancing SSL offloading servers)...