Citrix, anyone?

[James McDonald]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 11:45:42PM +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 21:43, James McDonald wrote:
> > Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > 
> > >Anyone have any experience with Citrix (www.citrix.com)? Things like
> > >SmoothRoving? 
> > >
> > I'm a Citrix Certified Associate explain what you mean by "Smooth 
> > Roving" and I may be able to shed some minimal light on the subject.
> 
> Isn't that the name of a Citrix product? At least it is listed on the
> Citrix web site. But then again, that is a jargon filled concept place
> without real details. At least to a tech-type. So maybe it is a concept
> and not a specific product. Hard to tell.
> 
> I was at our new owner's IT department and they were saying that to
> access some internal system resources from outside, one would need
> citrix. I just downloaded the Linux client and can start it from a KDE
> icon. But there my knowledge stops. I am going to get a license. I do
> know that to access the economy stuff in the company (time reports -
> yech!) from the road, I will have to sort this out. And I want to make
> sure I provide no reasons to have to use Windows when on the road!

OK, got you now. You're right it's one of their management speak things that don't mean a whole lot to tech types.

Umm. There are several ways companies provide access to internal citrix server farms.
	One way is to use a simple VPN client and then launch your Citrix Client and connect directly to the Citrix Server Farm.
	Another way is using what is known as a Citrix Secure Gateway which is basically a webserver which provides an ssl login and publishes the available servers/applications to internet clients. Your browser then launches the Citrix Client and passes it all the necessary information needed to connect to whatever you choose. I did a how-to ages ago located here... http://www.jamesmcdonald.id.au/faqs/mine/moz-ica.html I hope this helps... Perhaps I should update it and submit it but I no longer am at a Citrix site so my knowledge is fast receding.

James