With NetScaler 14.1, Citrix started to allow binding Web Application Firewall (WAF) policies to the gateway and to a AAA vServer or a Gateway. Why does it make sense to bind a WAF to the gateway? The more popular Citrix NetScaler became, the greater the interest of hackers in NetScaler grew. And NetScaler is now a very widely used tool for remote access. Due to the increased interest of hackers...
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...