Jeremy Saunders

End Point Analysis Scans Hanging

January 8, 2008

This issue wasn’t being seen from all remote workstations as it turned out to be dependant upon the type of Internet connection users were connecting from. For Example: A connection from a DSL line using PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) consistently failed, whilst other connections, such as PPPoA (PPP over ATM) worked flawlessly. Further testing proved […]

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The Myth Surrounding Various End-Point Analysis Scans

January 8, 2008

There is a general misunderstanding with regards a few of the End-Point Analysis (EPA) scans provided with the Citrix Access Gateway Advanced Edition, and I find that the implementation of these scans is often not thought out correctly. There are three (3) specific scans that need to be explained. Domain Name Scan Registry “Watermark” Scan Antivirus Scan

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Failover CAG Design Limitation

January 4, 2008

The Citrix Access Gateway Advanced Edition (CAG integrated into an AAC Farm) presents us with a design limitation that customers must understand so that the expectation of the level of redundancy built into the solution can be met. Having multiple CAGs in place for failover only provides you with an automated and seamless failover mechanism for Secure […]

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Antivirus Strategy for Citrix Servers

January 1, 2008

Although most antivirus products work 100% without needing any modification and tuning, there are architectural and business decisions to be made about how it should be configured, with a focus on performance; the most important part of a Terminal/Citrix Server deployment.

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Creating a Message of the Day banner using a HTA

December 28, 2007

A customer asked me to assist with implementing a “Message of the Day” (MOTD) banner into their logon scripts. I had written one years ago that was part of a kix32 script, but found that it no longer worked with the wkix32 script processor. I guess that I could have debugged it and fixed it […]

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