Security Basics: Re: Citrix Web Interface - VPN - public computer...secure??

[Wilson <securitynewsgroup () gmail com>]

 Hi all, just on a similar topic, how can I find out which user logon
via Citrix Access Gateway at what time through which policy?

CitrixACE in eventvwr does not provide much information, and I prefer
to use any built in logging rather than external software.
Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Wil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of ? aditya mukadam ?
> Sent: Friday, 11 July 2008 2:10 AM
> To: Don Joly; security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Citrix Web Interface - VPN - public computer...secure??
>
> First of all let me say comment/compliment that the policy for WebVPN set up is done really well and correctly. It is 
> an absolutely bad idea to allow intranet access from public computers because of reasons like it might have 
> keylogger, virus on it, vulnerable OS which can allow user to hack that public pc ( while you are connected to 
> intranet via
> WebVPN) n so on.
>
> If you still want to do it, you can develop seperate group of resources (which won't hurt you n your company if it 
> gets exposed to threats etc) inshort -'not so important resources'. You should create seprate group to allow users to 
> connect to it from public computer if you  want to. However, please understand the risks you are taking in such cases.
>
> Remember my friend, security is often compromised for the ease of use !!!
>
> Thanks,
> Aditya Govind Mukadam
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Don Joly <fuwmanchew () live com> wrote:
> > We have a Citrix Secure Gateway that some of our employees use for web VPN access from home. The Citrix Gateway 
> > provides users with published applications and desktops and has a valid SSL Cert. We have policies that all must 
> > sign agreeing to have some type of firewall enabled, OS patches and anti-virus software up to date. The policy also 
> > states that no user is to connect to the Citrix Gateway from a "public computer" or from a public hot spot. I've 
> > been asked if we could change this policy to allow connections from public computers and hot spots but I'm not sure 
> > how secure this would be. Would this be considered safe to allow this type of access? Why or why not?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Don