Overview TLS 1.3 is a common since 2020, and established in a common point during the last years as a constant default for SSL Frontend communications across LoadBalancers or ADC’s. But in return, using TLS
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NetScaler – Performance Impact for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
Overview Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) involves new public-key security algorithms designed to protect digital data from future quantum computers. NetScaler supports it since 14.1 51.72 – I’ve written about that and the configuration here last year.
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Microsoft Entra – CA Baseline changes affecting Citrix Authentication
Overview Microsoft is going to change the default behaviour on how Conditional Access Policies are enforced for Applications requesting only OIDC Scopes or a limited set of directory scopes – because of strenghten Entra ID’s
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NetScaler – Zero Touch Certificate Management (ZTCM)
Overview NetScaler Console’s (NSC) / Console Service Zero Touch Certificate Management now exists a while, but after talking to several customers, I think there are some misunderstandings what’s behind the Feature ZTCM and Manual /
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NetScaler – TLS Citrix VDA with TLS 1.3
Overview This Quickpost contains informations about deploying a secure frontend to backend communication with NetScaler, using TLS 1.3 to achieve a continues 443 TCP (UDP with EDT / DTLS) connection from NetScaler Frontend (HDX Gateway)
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NetScaler – Session Hijack Protection X-Forwarded-For
Overview Protecting an authenticated User’s Session is very important in todays world. Hijacking an active Session is nothing new, taking over an existing session is the golden ticket for unwanted access, regardless of the MFA
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Windows Cloud – Pushing Private Access to the Limit
Overview I did some first Tests with Global Secure Access – Private Access during the public Preview in 2023, here testing private Citrix Sessions, tunneled by GSA-Client. In this customer PoC, I did the same,
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Windows Cloud – Universal Print with AVD
Overview No-one will have to deal with Printers or Print-Servers. Doesn’t matter if printing from a Client / Notebook or from an EUC-solution like Azure Virtual Desktop / Windows365 CloudPC. Here’s a possible easy-to-setup print
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NetScaler – The missing Reporting Tab
Overview Since NetScaler Firmware 14.1 build 56.x the Reporting-Tool is deprecated. With 13.1 you can still use it. What does that mean and what’s the Reporting Tool for? Do you recognize the GUI-design of the
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Parallels RAS – The missing SSO Experience (Fixed!)
Overview At the moment, I’m helping a customer to migrate their OnPrem CVAD Farm to AVD. About 90% of the Workload is able to be put on Azure. There’s around 10% who need to sit
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