[THIN] Re: latency of CSG vs AG

  • From: Berny Stapleton <berny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:20:15 +0100

Security is a concern, and that's why I want to use Secure Gateway, I want
it for protocol enforcement. At the same time, I don't need to do endpoint
analysis or anything like that as I am going from a trusted to semi
untrusted network.

2009/9/30 Mike Semon <msemon@xxxxxxx>

>  If security isn’t a big concern then Secure Gateway will probably work
> just fine. I have a client that is using Secure Gateway with a small number
> of users and it works fine for their needs. The Citrix documentation says
> that Secure Gateway does not scale well and for large number of users and
> recommends Access Gateway. Whether that is true or not I have not done a
> comparison on performance.
>
>
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Berny Stapleton
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:43 AM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: latency of CSG vs AG
>
>
>
> I understand the code is 10 years old, the only thing for me is that I know
> it inside out and backwards, and the fact that it hasn't been heavily
> modified in that amount of time means to me that it's going to be pretty
> light and might run faster...
>
> All I am after is something to do protocol enforcement, this isn't going
> out over the internet and was thinking that the Access Gateway stuff might
> be a bit more bloated and therefore slower....
>
> Berny
>
> 2009/9/30 Mike Semon <msemon@xxxxxxx>
>
> Citrix Secure Gateway is 10 yrs old technology and is essentially an ICA
> proxy. Access Gateway is a SSL/VPN appliance
>
> And should perform better and be more secure.
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Berny Stapleton
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1:44 AM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] latency of CSG vs AG
>
>
>
> Has anyone done any latency testing on Citrix Secure Gateway vs the Access
> Gateway?
>
> I am going to be running both on dedicated hardware..
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Berny
>
>
>

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