Default Parameters for CtxGwAppFwallTest

Citrix Cloud Gateway Connector protects against a wide variety of threats with integrated security capabilities (like Application firewall) that protect applications resources, augmenting existing network-layer security protections. The Application Firewall secures web applications, prevents inadvertent or intentional disclosure of confidential information and aids in compliance with information security regulations such as PCI-DSS.

This test tracks the network traffic flowing through the Application Firewall, and reports the count of requests/responses transferred and the count of requests that were aborted/redirected by the Application Firewall. The statistics reported by this test thus serve as a good measure of the efficiency of the Application Firewall.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the CtxGwTcpConnTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• To monitor a Citrix Cloud Gateway Connector, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user with read-only privileges to the target connector. Specify the credentials of such a user in the USERNAME and PASSWORD text boxes.

• Confirm the password by retyping it in CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• By default, the SSL flag is set to No indicating that the eG agent will communicate with the connector via HTTP by default. If the target connector is SSL-enabled, then set this flag to Yes to enable the eG agent to communicate with target connector via HTTPS.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.