Any answers would be greatfully appreciated?
2006-10-07 23:33:10 · 5 answers · asked by smileyshovie 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Citrix has a lot of products. However, the one that is typically referenced is their application or multi-user servers.
Basically, it's Windows 2003 Server (or previous versions) that allows multiple people to connect to it at the same time and get a display as to if they were local to the PC. Think of it as remote-controlling another PC someplace, only MUCH more efficient.
If you over-simplify Citrix, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal, but it does have a lot of cool things that it can do. For instance, if you only want someone to run one program on your internal network inside your firewalls, you can publish just that one secured program. So people have a much more difficult time using that app to harm you.
You can also, for instance, keep say 100 Citrix servers in a data center and roll out 'thin clients' to 2500+ people around the globe. The servers are then kept secure and safe (since that's where the data is), and the client PCs have nothing to them. If someone riped one off, it'd be a brick since it doesn't do anything but try and connect to the Citrix server.
The protocol Citrix users is called ICA and runs over tcp/1494 and udp/1605. This is important since the udp/1605 traffic can be used to load balance citrix sessions. A user can then probe on this port and find out what server to connect to. If one goes down, you can dynamically swing to another system and keep all of your settings, etc. Much better than when a PC crashes in a lone office in the middle of nowhere and nobody can get out there for a week.
A downside of Citrix is just the flip side of it's best asset. You have people logging into a PC within your network. Therefore, if it's not properly secured, people could hop off onto your internal network and do damage as if they were internal. Therefore, Citrix is typicaly put on a DMZ segment where it is not trusted by either side.
2006-10-07 23:48:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Citrix is the software that is used to connect a desktop computer to a remote server in order to run an application. Citrix allows a desktop computer, whether Macintosh or Windows-based, to access centralized applications using a server's memory and processing.
The environment bit means the data-flow..from server to desktop and vice versa!
2006-10-08 06:43:55 · answer #2 · answered by Gary H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A network that runs from a Citrix server.
2006-10-08 06:39:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/home.asp
Software and Hardware company based in Florida. They produce a range of software built for small and large scale networking. Mainly the security and restriction side of computers. Stopping the naughty people getting into secure networks and severs. The link above is their own side by many other sites give you a background to the company also.
2006-10-08 06:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by Raide UK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-08 06:40:59 · answer #5 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋