NetScaler Times newsletter for Week 51 - 2024
Steady state this week in the NetScaler world.
Hello Everyone
It’s Andrew again over at Cloud Software Group. This NetScaler Times update aims to keep you up-to-date! 🚀Why read this? The idea is to pull together events, firmware releases, support articles, and anything else I think is relevant into a single email. Some say, email is the future, others tell the truth!
High-level agenda according to Gemini, other AI tools are available too.
This NetScaler Times update from Andrew at Cloud Software Group includes firmware updates, security bulletins, and upcoming events.
There are no new build changes this week.
The latest security bulletin addresses CVE-2024-8534 and CVE-2024-8535, and NetScaler released a new WAF signatures update.
Upcoming events in December include webinars on proactive monitoring with SNMP traps, the revamped Citrix Cloud experience, simplifying NetScaler VPX HA deployment on Azure, and "What's new with NetScaler" sessions.
Feedback on the newsletter can be sent to Andrew.Scott@cloud.com.
1. The latest firmware builds.
The details for the various builds have been listed below, as this helps plan for new releases in your environment. This support document has a lot more details on the various release cycles.
The NetScaler has multiple form factors to support different environments. NetScaler is built on a single operating system with a software-based architecture, so the behaviour will be the same no matter which is used — hardware, virtual machine, bare metal, or container. Pick one that works for you…
Latest Build Versions:
No build changes this week.
Which release should I use?
The release families are designed such that 14.1 has more elements changing with each update, hence the feature phase designation. There will be less change in 13.1, so unless you need a capability only available in the 14.1 release, the advice is to choose 13.1 for most production deployments.
2. Recent security bulletin
NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2024-8534 and CVE-2024-8535 is the most recent I can see on the support portal.
CTX Number: CTX691608
Article Type: Security Bulletin: Created Date: 12/Nov/2024
Last Modified Date: 14/Nov/2024: Severity: High
Pre-requisites for CVE-2024-8534
The appliance must be configured as a Gateway (VPN Vserver) with RDP Feature enabled OR The appliance must be configured as a Gateway (VPN Vserver) and RDP Proxy Server Profile is created and set to Gateway (VPN Vserver) OR The appliance must be configured as a Auth Server (AAA Vserver) with RDP Feature enabled
Pre-requisites for CVE-2024-8535
The appliance must be configured as a Gateway (SSL VPN, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) with KCDAccount configuration for Kerberos SSO to access backend resources OR The appliance must be configured as an Auth Server (AAA Vserver) with KCDAccount configuration for Kerberos SSO to access backend resources
NetScaler WAF Signatures Update v142
NetScaler has released a new version of its integrated Web App Firewall signatures to help customers mitigate several CVEs with varying CVSS scores.
Link to details
3. Events
It looks like there are five webinars for Dec. I have added a Citrix Cloud one too..
Community Live Demo: Proactive Monitoring with customized SNMP traps in NetScaler
05 December 2024, 4:00 PM 4:30 PM
Discover how to optimize your NetScaler monitoring strategy with customized SNMP traps. This session will empower you to configure SNMP traps tailored to your unique use cases. Learn how to select and monitor critical NetScaler counters, set thresholds, and receive timely alerts to ensure proactive system management. Whether you're monitoring traffic spikes, server health, or other critical metrics, this webinar will provide you with actionable steps to enhance your alerting capabilities.
In this live demo, the NetScaler experts will cover :
Why Customized SNMP Traps Are Essential in Network Performance Monitoring
Overview of SNMP traps and their role in network monitoring
Custom SNMP Trap framework
Live Demo: Configuring SNMP Traps in NetScaler
Event page
Community Live Demo: What's new with Citrix | Citrix Cloud experience revamped
11 December 2024, 4:00 PM 5.00 PM
Earlier this year we introduced the Citrix platform and a commitment to you to build a simplified, unified platform to deliver and manage secure application access to any device and any user. We are now delivering on this promise and introducing wide-ranging product changes from the new Citrix Cloud home page to uniform navigation across all our products.
In this webinar, Citrix experts will highlight
Why are we making these changes
What are the changes - new Citrix Cloud home page and navigation changes across all products
Demo
The event page is here
Community Live Demo: Simplifying NetScaler VPX HA deployment on Azure without an Azure Load Balancer
12 December 2024, 4:00 PM 4:30 PM
Setting up NetScaler VPX in High Availability (HA) mode on Azure often requires an Azure Load Balancer (ALB), which adds complexity and increases costs for customers. In this live demo, we’ll show you a new, optimized solution that allows VPX HA deployment without relying on ALB. This approach reduces deployment steps, simplifies network configurations, and lowers the cost of running your workloads on Azure, all while maintaining seamless failover and application availability. If you're a cloud architect, network engineer, or IT admin looking for a more efficient and cost-effective way to deploy NetScaler VPX on Azure, this demo is for you. Don’t miss it!
In this live demo, the NetScaler experts will deep dive onto
Overview of the existing NetScaler HA deployment options on Azure
Deep dive into the simplified NetScaler HA solution on Azure, including the pre-requisites
Live demo showcasing the new and improved NetScaler HA solution
Event page
Community Live | What's new with NetScaler-APJ/EMEA | Dec 19
Community Live | What's new with NetScaler-Americas | Dec 19
19 December 2024, 8:30 AM 9:30 AM
19 December 2024, 4:00 PM 5:00 PM
In this monthly webinar, the NetScaler experts will cover:
Support Assist: Troubleshooting and best practices on common NetScaler use cases
NetScaler Next-Gen API new features updates
What’s new in Cloud Native
EMEA/APJ page
Americas page
Labs
Go here for the hands-on labs. Link
4. Feedback for this newsletter
Naturally, if something you feel should be added/removed or called out, drop me a note; Andrew.Scott@cloud.com. All mistakes are mine.
I would happily get feedback on what you could do with seeing more of or what you find hard to set up. You can get all the previous newsletters plus other articles here:
Have a great week!