Configuring Compound Client Security Expressions

January 8, 2024

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You can combine client security strings to form compound client security expressions.

The Boolean operators that are supported in Citrix Gateway are:

And (&&)
Or (
Not (!)

For greater precision, you can group the strings together using parentheses.

Note: If you use the command line to configure expressions, use parentheses to group security expressions together when you form a compound expression. The use of parentheses improves the understanding and debugging of the client expression.

Configuring Policies with the AND (&&) Operator

The AND (&&) operator works by combining two client security strings so that the compound check passes only when both checks are true. The expression is evaluated from left to right and if the first check fails, the second check is not carried out.

You can configure the AND (&&) operator using the keyword ‘AND’ or the symbols ‘&&’.

Example:

The following is a client security check that determines if the user device has Version 7.0 of Sophos antivirus installed and running. It also checks if the Net Logon service is running on the same computer.

CLIENT.APPLICATION.AV(sophos).version==7.0 AND CLIENT.SVC(netlogon) EXISTS
<!--NeedCopy-->

This string can also be configured as:

CLIENT.APPLICATION.AV(sophos).version==7.0 && CLIENT.SVC(netlogon) EXISTS
<!--NeedCopy-->

Configuring Policies with the OR ( || ) Operator

The OR (

You can configure the OR (

) operator using the keyword ‘OR’ or the symbols ‘

Example:

The following is a client security check that determines if the user device has either the file c:\file.txt on it or the putty.exe process running on it.

client.file(c:\\\\\\\\file.txt) EXISTS) OR (client.proc(putty.exe) EXISTS
<!--NeedCopy-->

This string can also be configured as

client.file(c:\\\\\\\\file.txt) EXISTS) || (client.proc(putty.exe) EXISTS
<!--NeedCopy-->

Configuring Policies Using the NOT (! ) Operator

The NOT (!) or the negation operator negates the client security string.

Example:

The following client security check passes if the file c:\\sophos\_virus\_defs.dat file is NOT more than two days old:

\!(client.file(c:\\\\\\\\sophos\_virus\_defs.dat).timestamp==2dy)
<!--NeedCopy-->

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Configuring Compound Client Security Expressions

January 8, 2024

Contributed by:

C S C

January 8, 2024

Contributed by:

C S C

Configuring Compound Client Security Expressions

Configuring Policies with the AND (&&) Operator

Configuring Policies with the OR ( || ) Operator

Configuring Policies Using the NOT (! ) Operator

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