Server certificate support matrix on the ADC appliance

From release 13.0 build 41.x, the ADC appliance supports server certificate messages that are fragmented into more than one record if the total size is within 32 KB. Earlier, the maximum supported size was 16 KB and fragmentation was not supported.

The NetScaler appliance supports the following server certificates.

Table 1: Support on front-end (FE) and back-end (BE) service

Server certificate/Platform MPX/SDX (N2 CHIPS) FE MPX/SDX (N2 CHIPS) BE MPX/SDX (N3 CHIPS) FE MPX/SDX (N3 CHIPS) BE VPX FE VPX BE
MD5 Y Y Y Y Y Y
SHA1 Y Y Y Y Y Y
SHA224 Y Y Y Y Y Y
SHA256 Y Y Y Y Y Y
SHA384 Y Y Y Y Y Y
SHA512 Y Y Y Y Y Y
RSA Key 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 bits 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 bits 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 bits 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 bits 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 bits 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 bits
DH Key 1024 bits and 2048 bits 1024 bits and 2048 bits 1024 bits and 2048 bits 1024 bits and 2048 bits 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 bits 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 bits
Server certificate/Platform MPX/SDX 14030/14060/14080 FIPS FE MPX/SDX 14030/14060/14080 FIPS BE
MD5 Y Y
SHA1 Y Y
SHA224 Y Y
SHA256 Y Y
SHA384 Y Y
SHA512 Y Y
RSA Key 2048 bits and 3072 bits 2048 bits and 3072 bits
DH Key N N
Server certificate/Platform MPX 5900, MPX/SDX 8900, MPX/SDX 9100, MPX/SDX 15000, MPX/SDX 15000-50G, MPX/SDX 16000, MPX/SDX 26000, MPX/SDX 26000-50G, MPX/SDX 26000-100G (front end) MPX 5900, MPX/SDX 8900, MPX/SDX 9100 MPX/SDX 15000, MPX/SDX 15000-50G, MPX/SDX 16000, MPX/SDX 26000, MPX/SDX 26000-50G, MPX/SDX 26000-100G (back end)
MD5 Y Y
SHA1 Y Y
SHA224 Y Y
SHA256 Y Y
SHA384 Y Y
SHA512 Y Y
RSA Key 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 bits 1024, 2048, 3072, and 4096 bits
DH Key 1024 bits and 2048 bits 1024 bits and 2048 bits

Notes

  • 4k certificates require higher CPU cycles and might affect the performance of low-end appliances.
  • In release 11.1 and earlier, a NetScaler appliance supports the following “signature algorithms” extensions in the back end client hello message: RSA-MD5, RSA-SHA1, and RSA-SHA256. The NetScaler appliance does not support SHA 384 and SHA 512 signature algorithms extensions. Therefore some servers, such as Windows IIS servers, reset the connection.
  • Starting release 12.0, a NetScaler appliance supports all the signature_algorithms extensions.
Server certificate support matrix on the ADC appliance