Objectives
		Upon successful completion of this course, learners are able to: Describe the initial use case and an overview of new features and for the latest product release Perform configuration and tasks for key features
Audience
	This course is designed for Citrix Partners and Citrites.
Prerequisites
	Before taking this course, Citrix recommends that learners have the following: Moderate exposure to Citrix NetScaler Intermediate knowledge of TCP/IP and HTTP protocols and an understanding of the OSI model Experience with network devices such as routers and switches, various networking protocols and aspects of application and site architecture such as DMZ and VLANS Moderate exposure to UNIX or Linux® Exposure to basic systems administration concepts, including logging, software upgrade procedures and high availability operations Familiarity with web server software such as Apache®, IIS® or WebSphere® Basic knowledge of DNS, SSL, and compression concepts Understanding of concepts related to server load balancing and content switching Knowledge of network security threats and site protection concepts such as firewalls, worms, DDoS attacks Experience with Citrix NetScaler version 6.1, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1 or 9.0   Topics    Overview nCore Compared to 9.2 Classic Manageability Enhancements Configuration utility New visualizers: GSLB vizualizer and network configuration Reporting enhancements 127 character name support and comments/descriptions on entities Action evaluator NS Infrastructure Enhancements AAA enhancements Authorization advanced policy support RADIUS groups for logon Client certificate authentication with only LDAP group extraction (without authentication) Policy-driven (audit) logging UDP content switching Advanced policy expressions for user/group(s) Networking Enhancements Policy based routing IPv6 completeness HA over IPv6 NetScaler pools - Active-Active using VRRP for nCore Bridgegroup functionality HA fail-safe mode RNAT with link-load balancing Traffic Management Enhancements nCore support for rate limiting and RTSP RADIUS load balancing NTLM authentication VLAN to vserver binding IPv6 persistency with IPv6 mask (IPv6 hash support on persistence) Entity renaming without reboot Entity scaling GSLB IPv6 support GSLB spillover – cloud balancing RTT probe control Base Enhancements TCP/HTTP per server/vserver profile nCore support for: Surge Protection HDOSP SureConnect nsconmsg option to display per PE stats for a given counter object Restrict NSIP/SNIP external access to only management access Advanced expressions for compression policies Commonly used nsapimgr stats collection options to in the CLI/GUI Security enhancements Zero window based attack handling (OutPost24) Support for larger than 64K TCP congestion window SSL Enhancements OCSP - Online Certificate Security Protocol Support SNI - Server Name Indication Support 4096 bit RSA offload MultiQ support for nCore Usability changes SSL VPN and AGEE nCore support for SSLVPN, AAA RADIUS groups for logon Support for Form Based SSO Globalization Anytime password change for LDAP users Distributed File System support in File Share Client certificate authentication with only LDAP group extraction Policy Enhancements Integrated caching large cache support for nCore Streaming rewrite enhancements TCP responder App template enhancements XML and AppFW Enhancements XML attachment protection Per-profile web services monitoring WSDL scanning prevention XPath injection protection JSON Entity expansion protection SOAP fault filtering Learning – XML security nCore for AppFW Cross-site request forgery protection Advanced policy support for AppFw Built in profile support for AppFw AppFw memory performance improvements AppFw configurable SQL/XSS. (XPath injection patterns) AppFw + large cache for integrated cache AppFw visualizer enhancements AppFw large post-body support JSON security