Citrix has approved Zephyr as a Premier Alliance Partner, citing our support of Citrix XenApp, Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server and Citrix Password Manager with our PASSPORT terminal emulation.

With this partnership, Zephyr is afforded greater access to Citrix support and marketing services, which in turn can be used to better support our joint customers, which continue to grow annually.

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If you use Citrix, then contact us to see how this technology can be leveraged in conjunction with PASSPORT to enable everyone in your enterprise to have access to terminal emulation software.

Benefits for PASSPORT users with Citrix XenApp

Secure Gateway

The Citrix Secure Gateway for Windows helps to secure access to enterprise network computers running Citrix XenApp and provides a secure Internet gateway between Citrix XenApp and client devices. The Secure Gateway transparently encrypts and authenticates all user connections to help protect against data tampering and theft.

All data traversing the Internet between a remote workstation and the Secure Gateway is encrypted using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. The Secure Gateway is an application that runs as a service on a server that is deployed in the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

The server running the Secure Gateway represents a single point of access to the secure, enterprise network.

If PASSPORT is streamed to the desktops, PASSPORT offers host session security with SSL/TLS, SSH, FIPS 140-2 compliance etc.

Single Sign-on

Citrix Single sign-on (formerly Citrix Password Manager) provides password security and single sign-on access to Windows, Web, and terminal emulator applications running in the Citrix environment as well as applications running on the desktop.

Benefits of Using PASSPORT with Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server and Password Manager

• Fast Deployment - Instead of having to install PASSPORT PC TO HOST^® on every PC within your organization, you can install PASSPORT on one Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server, publish it, and deploy it to all your users within hours instead of weeks or months.

• Ease of Administration - With PASSPORT running on a Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server, all product upgrades can be quickly installed and available to users. In addition, you will have more control over how PASSPORT is deployed to your users in terms of the session configuration, keyboard layouts, customized colors, macros and more.

• Extend the Life of Older PCs – organizations can employ the use of older thin client terminals and PCs. By installing PASSPORT on Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server, users can continue to use their existing hardware without having to invest money in new PCs.

• Simplify Application Access – Using PASSPORT with the Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager, users can access all of their applications, including legacy or host applications, using a single sign on.

Publishing PASSPORT from Citrix XenApp

PASSPORT can either be published as accessed from the server or streamed to a client. When published from the server, the application is virtualized and streaming is equivalent to installing on each client desktop.

Whichever method is selected, PASSPORT can be deployed to hundreds or thousands of end-users within minutes. Licensing can be simply controlled and with our competitive costs, organizations can reduce their costs considerably when replacing other terminal emulation packages such as Attachmate's EXTRA! or Micro Focus' Rumba.

Installing PASSPORT on Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server

With Windows Terminal Services and Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server installed on your Windows server, installing PASSPORT PC TO HOST^® consists of three easy steps: installing PASSPORT on the Citrix server, publishing the application and deploying the published application to your users.

Before the installation, please go over the PASSPORT readme file and the system requirement ( terminal-emulation/techspecs.htm ) to prevent any unpredictable results. Start your installation in one of two ways:

a) Use the Add/Remove Programs applet in Control Panel, or

b) Run "change user /install" from a command line, and the program's installation (setup.exe, etc.) then run "change user /execute".

You could be asked to reboot your server if any of the system files on the server were updated during the install.

Publishing the PASSPORT Application

Use the CMC (Citrix Management Console) utility to publish PASSPORT and make it available to your users. Please refer to the CMC help file for additional information.

Setting Permissions on the Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server

Folder/Files(s) Permissions

..\Program Files\PASSPORT\ Modify, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents,

Read, Write

All Files in the above folder Read & Execute, Read

Deployment of the PASSPORT application to your users community

Note: you could use other ways or methods for deploying PASSPORT. This is only one example.

Deploying PASSPORT to your user can easily be done by editing the published application (PASSPORT) and adding the appropriate .zws file (PASSPORT connection configuration file) to the command line. For example,

"C:\Program Files\PASSPORT\Passport.exe" “j:\user home\session.zws”

By pointing to a specific .zws file at the user's home directory, it allows your users to customize and save their own PASSPORT sessions using their custom keyboard layout, colors, macros, etc. You can write a script or use a different deployment software utility like SMS to distribute the session.zws file to your user's home directory. You can now deploy PASSPORT to your users through the Citrix Network Neighborhood, custom ICA connections, or via an ICA script file.

If you need to distribute a different .zws file that has a different host IP address, screen size, emulation type, etc., you can accomplish this by modifying the session.zcc file (PASSPORT text-based configuration file) located in the PASSPORT installed folder, and then copy it to your users home directory. When the user starts PASSPORT the next time, the new connection information will be used (overwriting the .zws). Below is an example of a .zcc file and all of the connection information that can be modified:

[Connection]
IPHostName=140.147.254.3
TCPPort=23
EmulType=TN3270
TimeOut=10
TN3270ESupport=No
ConnectMethod=Generic
ResourceName=
SessionType=Display
3270ScreenSize=2
ExtendedAttributes=Yes
AutoReconnect=No
TN3270EResponseSupport=No
Security=None

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