CHAPTER 10Security Issues and Guidelines

This chapter covers various security concerns in a Citrix environment. The following guidelines help secure the environment from both server and client perspectives.

SECURING SERVERS

The following section discusses security precautions to consider on all Citrix servers.

Control Physical Access

Restrict physical access to servers to those individuals who are involved with administering the server environment.

Use NT File System (NTFS) Partitions

For maximum security, install XenApp only on NTFS-formatted disk partitions. Installing on NTFS partitions ensures that the local access databases are secured, because the folder %Program Files%\Citrix\Independent Management Architecture is marked so that only SYSTEM ...

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