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September 21, 2010
Configuring Two Factor Authentication For Citrix Web Interface
Thinclient configuration for credit card authorization which meets/exceeds PCI compliance standards.
Many organizations that process credit card payments must comply with the PCI (Payment Card Industry) security standard to help maintain the integrity of their systems. One of the technologies an organization can make use of to help in complying with this standard is to implement a multi-factor authentication scheme. WiKID offers a robust two factor authentication method based on one-time use passcodes. The WiKID server is based on the CentOS 5 Linux distribution. WiKID offers a free Community Edition, however several built in features are missing (such as RADIUS) that are needed to integrate with the Citrix Web Interface. WiKID Enterprise Server is offered with a 30 day trial and has all features necessary for integration with Citrix included out of the box. It has a reasonable price tag that is much cheaper than competing multi-factor authentication solutions. Facebook
In this example I will implement a WiKID server to provide an additional layer of authentication for Citrix Web Interface user logons. WiKID offers a prebuilt VMware appliance, however I had trouble getting this to work properly. At the moment my recommendation if you intend to set up WiKID in VMware is to set up a virtual machine manually using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit) as the machine type with a basic setup (512MB RAM, 5GB Hard Drive, and 1 NIC). Once that is complete boot using the WiKID Enterprise Server ISO.
Posted by Staff at September 21, 2010 06:14 PM