[THIN] Re: netscalers and smartcards (CAC) - who's using them?

  • From: "Steve Snyder" <kwajalein@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 08:39:46 +1200

That's how it's supposed to work, yes. Under the Access
Gateway\Policies\Session\Profile on the Client Experience tab it's put in as
the home page.

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Steve Greenberg <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  By this do you mean that a VPN tunnel is established and then you present
> the actual WI server page as a redirect/forward to the user automatically?
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> *Steve Greenberg*
>
> Thin Client Computing
>
> 34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
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> Scottsdale, AZ 85266
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> *(602) 432-8649*
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> www.thinclient.net
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> *steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx*
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Steve Snyder
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:07 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: netscalers and smartcards (CAC) - who's using them?
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> from the client it's a SSL VPN to the NS through the FW, the NS sits
> entirely in the DMZ, external FW allows 443 through and is doing NAT. From
> the DMZ to the inside (where the WI and citirix farm is) we allow 1494,
> 3010, 443, 80, 22, 53 & 2598. The client PC can use PN to get to the farm
> and launch apps with smart card auth, so it's just the WI that's not
> cooperating.
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> We're trying to use the WI has the default web page that the NS presents to
> the user.
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> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Steve Greenberg <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> How is it configured exactly? Is it a pure VPN connection and not an ICA
> proxy? I.e. does the client have a tunnel to the WI box directly? If so,
> have you opened the ports need for the smart card software?? ( I have no
> idea what they would be)
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>
> *Steve Greenberg*
>
> Thin Client Computing
>
> 34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
>
> Scottsdale, AZ 85266
>
> *(602) 432-8649*
>
> www.thinclient.net
>
> *steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx*
>
>
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Steve Snyder
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 07, 2009 5:40 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] netscalers and smartcards (CAC) - who's using them?
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> and what did you have to do to get the WI to come up properly?
>
> We're trialing a NS 8.1 in our DMZ - the VPN tunnel connects and it starts
> to load the WI site but the smartcard (CAC) authentication just doesn't fly.
> Citrix is scratching their heads.
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