Enable the Framehawk protocol on Citrix NetScaler

First, let's look at a comparison video between Citrix Framehawk technology and VMware PCoIP technology. The test difference under the packet loss rate of 5% - 50% is gradually obvious. In today's ubiquitous mobile devices, this is exactly the remote access technology we dream of!

Is VMware thinking about ditching PCoIP? If so, they should look at Framehawk. The authors strongly recommended that VMware acquire the company to compensate for the weakness in the agreement, but Citrix unexpectedly preempted the acquisition and took the HDX agreement one step further. It is now integrated into XenApp, XenDesktop, and NetScaler.

For the details of this protocol and the implementation of the software part, I recommend that Citrix release the HDX protocol that supports Framehawk technology, and the user experience advantage is further expanded. Here's how to open it on NetScaler

Framehawk technology is supported from NetScaler MR version 1, i.e. 11.0.62.10. The configuration is very simple, requiring only two steps:

Step 1: Open DTLS

Step 2: Rebind the certificate

Open vserver

Click more

Check DTLS

At this point you can see DTLS become true and then rebind the server certificate

Go to Certificate Select and unbind

Rebind, select the previous certificate, and then OK

Maybe there will be a warning, just ignore it and click OK.

According to my guess, rebinding certificates is a temporary measure for the implementation of new technologies. In future versions of NetScaler, this step should be omitted and the DTLS protocol can be configured directly.

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