My post today is on the Client Properties in XMS.
In fact I have an issue with a customer and after discussion with Citrix it seems that the information I had have changed recently.
In fact I used to change PASSWORD_EXPIRY to 0 when customer do not want WorxPIN to be changed, it seems that sometime the value can be interpreted as Always and not Never, so recommendations is to set a high value if you don’t want users to have to change it.
So here after you will find the latest information regarding the Client Properties in XMS:
- In the XenMobile console, click the gear icon in the upper-right corner. The Settings page appears.
- Under Client, click Client Properties. The Client Properties page appears. You can add, edit, and delete client properties from this page.
To add a client property
1. Click Add. The Add New Client Property page appears.
2. Configure these settings:
- Key: In the list, click the property key that you want to add. Important: Contact Citrix Support before updating the settings. You can request a special key.
- Value: The value of the selected property.
- Name: A name for the property.
- Description: A description of the property.
3. Click Save.
To edit a client property
1. In the Client Properties table, select the client property you want to edit.
Note: When you select the check box next to a client property, the options menu appears above the client property list. When you click anywhere else in the list, the options menu appears on the right side of the listing.
2. Click Edit. The Edit Client Property page appears.
3. Change the following information as appropriate:
- Key: You cannot change this field.
- Value: The property value.
- Name: The property name.
- Description: The property description.
4. Click Save to save your changes or Cancel to leave the property unchanged.
To delete a client property
1. In the Client Properties table, select the client property you want to delete.
2. Click Delete. A confirmation dialog box appears. Click Delete again.
Client property reference
The XenMobile predefined client properties and their default settings are as follows.
CONTAINER_SELF_DESTRUCT_PERIOD
Display name: MDX Container Self Destruct Period
Self-destruct prevents access to Secure Hub and managed apps, after a specified number of days of inactivity. After the time limit, apps are no longer usable. Wiping the data includes clearing the app data for each installed app, including the app cache and user data. The inactivity time is when the server does not receive an authentication request to validate the user over a specific length of time. For example, if this property is 30 days and the user doesn’t use the apps for more than 30 days, the policy takes effect.
This global security policy applies to iOS and Android platforms and is an enhancement of the existing app lock and wipe policies.
To configure this global policy, go to Settings > Client Properties and add the custom key CONTAINER_SELF_DESTRUCT_PERIOD.
Value: Number of days
DEVICE_LOGS_TO_IT_HELP_DESK
Display name: Send device logs to IT help desk
This property enables or disables the ability to send logs to the IT help desk.
Possible values: true or false
Default value: false
DISABLE_LOGGING
Display name: Disable Logging
Use this property to prevent users from collecting and uploading logs from their devices. This property disables logging for Secure Hub and for all installed MDX apps. Users can’t send logs for any app from the Support page. Even though the mail composition dialog box appears, logs aren’t attached. A message indicates that logging is disabled. This setting also prevents you from updating log settings in the XenMobile console for Secure Hub and MDX apps.
When this property is set to true, Secure Hub sets Block application logs to true. As a result, MDX apps stop logging when the new policy is applied.
Possible values: true or false
Default value: false (logging is not disabled)
ENABLE_CRASH_REPORTING
Display name: Enable Crash Reporting
If true, Citrix collects crash reports and diagnostics to help troubleshoot issues with Secure Hub for iOS and Android. If false, no data is collected.
Possible values: true or false
Default value: true
ENABLE_CREDENTIAL_STORE
Display name: Enable Credential Store
Enabling the credential store means that Android or iOS users enter their password one time when accessing XenMobile Apps. You can use the credential store whether or not you enable Citrix PIN. If you don’t enable Citrix PIN, users enter their Active Directory password. XenMobile supports use of Active Directory passwords with the credential store only for Secure Hub and public store apps. If you use Active Directory passwords with the credential store, XenMobile doesn’t support PKI authentication.
Automatic enrollment in Secure Mail requires that you set this property to true.
To configure this custom client policy, go to Settings > Client Properties, add the custom key ENABLE_CREDENTIAL_STORE, and set the Value to true.
ENABLE_FIPS_MODE
Display name: Enable FIPS Mode
This property enables or disables FIPS mode on mobile devices. After you change the value, Secure Hub passes the new value to the device when Secure Hub does the next online authentication.
Possible values: true or false
Default value: false
ENABLE_NETWORK_EXTENSION
Display name: ENABLE_NETWORK_EXTENSION
By default, XenMobile enables the Apple Network Extension framework when Secure Hub installs. To disable Network Extension, go to Settings > Client Properties, add the custom key ENABLE_NETWORK_EXTENSION, and set the Value to false.
Default value: true
ENABLE_PASSCODE_AUTH
Display name: Enable Citrix PIN Authentication
This property allows you to turn on Citrix PIN functionality. With the Citrix PIN or passcode, users are prompted to define a PIN to use instead of their Active Directory password. This setting is automatically enabled when ENABLE_PASSWORD_CACHING is enabled or when XenMobile is using certificate authentication.
For offline authentication, the Citrix PIN is validated locally and users are allowed to access the app or content they requested. For online authentication, the Citrix PIN or passcode unlocks the Active Directory password or certificate, which is then sent to perform authentication with XenMobile.
If ENABLE_PASSCODE_AUTH is true and ENABLE_PASSWORD_CACHING is false, online authentication always prompts for the password because Secure Hub doesn’t save it.
Possible values: true or false
Default value: false
ENABLE_PASSWORD_CACHING
Display name: Enable User Password Caching
This property enables Active Directory passwords to cache locally on the mobile device. When you set this property to true, you must also set the ENABLE_PASSCODE_AUTHproperty to true. With user password caching enabled, XenMobile prompts users to set a Citrix PIN or passcode.
Possible values: true or false
Default value: false
ENABLE_TOUCH_ID_AUTH
Display name: Enable Touch ID Authentication
For devices that support Touch ID authentication, this property enables or disables Touch ID authentication on the device. Requirements:
User devices must have Citrix PIN or LDAP enabled. If LDAP authentication is off (for example, because only certificate-based authentication is used), users must set a Citrix PIN. In this case, XenMobile requires the Citrix PIN even if the client property ENABLE_PASSCODE_AUTH is false.
Set ENABLE_PASSCODE_AUTH to false so that when users launch an app, they must respond to a prompt to use Touch ID.
Possible values: true or false
Default value: false
ENABLE_WORXHOME_CEIP
Display name: Enable Worx Home CEIP
This property turns on the Customer Experience Improvement Program. That feature sends anonymous configuration and usage data to Citrix periodically. The data helps Citrix improve the quality, reliability, and performance of XenMobile.
Value: true or false
Default value: false
ENABLE_WORXHOME_GA
Display name: Enable Google Analytics in Worx Home
This property enables or disables the ability to collect data using Google Analytics in Secure Hub. When you change this setting, the new value is set only when the user next logs on to Secure Hub (previously named Worx Home).
Possible values: true or false
Default value: true
ENCRYPT_SECRETS_USING_PASSCODE
Display name: Encrypt secrets using Passcode
This property stores sensitive data on the device in a secret vault instead of in a platform-based native store, such as the iOS keychain. This property enables strong encryption of key artifacts and adds user entropy. User entropy is a user-generated random PIN code that only the user knows.
Citrix recommends that you enable this property to help provide higher security on user devices. As a result, users experience more authentication prompts for the Citrix PIN.
Possible values: true or false
Default value: false
INACTIVITY_TIMER
Display name: Inactivity Timer
This property defines how long users can leave their device inactive and then access an app without a prompt for a Citrix PIN or passcode. To enable this setting for an MDX app, set the App Passcode setting to On. If the App Passcode setting is set to Off, users are redirected to Secure Hub to perform a full authentication. When you change this setting, the value takes effect the next time that users are prompted to authenticate.
Note: On iOS, the Inactivity Timer also governs access to Secure Hub for MDX and non-MDX apps.
Possible values: Any positive integer
Default value: 15 (minutes)
ON_FAILURE_USE_EMAIL
Display name: On failure Use Email to Send device logs to IT help desk
This property enables or disables the ability to use email to send device logs to IT.
Possible values: true or false
Default value: true
PASSCODE_EXPIRY
Display name: PIN Change Requirement
This property defines how long the Citrix PIN or passcode is valid, after which the user is forced to change their Citrix PIN or passcode. When you change this setting, the new value is set only when the current Citrix PIN or passcode expires.
Possible values: 1 through 99 recommended. To eliminate PIN resets, set the value to a very high number (for example, 100,000,000,000). If you originally set the expiry period to between 1 and 99 days and then change to the large number during that period: PINs still expire at the end of the initial period, but never again afterward.
Default value: 90 (days)
PASSCODE_HISTORY
Display name: PIN History
This property defines the number of previously used Citrix PINs or passcodes that users cannot reuse when changing their Citrix PIN or passcode. When you change this setting, the new value is set the next time that users reset their Citrix PIN or passcode.
Possible values: 1 through 99
Default value: 5
PASSCODE_MAX_ATTEMPTS
Display name: PIN Attempts
This property defines how many wrong Citrix PIN or passcode attempts users can make before being prompted for full authentication. After users successfully perform a full authentication, they are prompted to create a Citrix PIN or passcode.
Possible values: Any positive integer
Default value: 15
PASSCODE_MIN_LENGTH
Display name: PIN Length Requirement
This property defines the minimum length of Citrix PINs.
Possible values: 1 through 99
Default value: 6
PASSCODE_STRENGTH
Display name: PIN Strength Requirement
This property defines the strength of Citrix PIN or passcode. When you change this setting, users are prompted to create a Citrix PIN or passcode the next time they are prompted to authenticate.
Possible values: Low, Medium, or Strong
Default value: Medium
The following table describes the password rules for each strength setting based on the PASSCODE_TYPE setting:
| Passcode strength | Rules for numeric passcode type | Rules for alphanumeric passcode type |
| Low | All numbers, any sequence allowed | Must contain at least one number and one letter.
Not allowed: AAAaaa, aaaaaa, abcdef Allowed: aa11b1, Abcd1#, Ab123~, aaaa11, aa11aa |
| Medium (default setting) |
1. All numbers cannot be the same. For example, 444444 is not allowed.
2. All numbers cannot be consecutive. For example, 123456 or 654321 is not allowed. Allowed: 444333, 124567, 136790, 555556, 788888 |
In addition to the rules for Low passcode strength:
1. Letters and all numbers cannot be same. For example, aaaa11, aa11aa, or aaa111 are not allowed. 2. Letters cannot be consecutive and numbers cannot be consecutive. For example, abcd12, bcd123, 123abc, xy1234, xyz345, or cba123 are not allowed. Allowed: aa11b1, aaa11b, aaa1b2, abc145, xyz135, sdf123, ab12c3, a1b2c3, Abcd1#, Ab123~ |
| High | Same as for the Medium Citrix PIN passcode strength. | Include at least one capital letter and one small letter.
Not allowed: abcd12, DFGH2 Allowed: Abcd12, jkrtA2, 23Bc#, AbCd
|
| Strong | Same as for the Medium Citrix PIN passcode strength. | Include at least one number, one special symbol, one capital letter, and one small letter.
Not allowed: abcd12, Abcd12, dfgh12, jkrtA2 Allowed: Abcd1#, Ab123~, xY12#3, Car12#, AAbc1#
|
PASSCODE_TYPE
Display name: PIN Type
This property defines whether users are able to define a numerical Citrix PIN or an alphanumeric passcode. When you select Numeric, users can use numbers only (Citrix PIN). When you select Alphanumeric, users can use a combination of letters and numbers (passcode).
Note: If you change this setting, users must set a new Citrix PIN or passcode the next time that they are prompted to authenticate.
Possible values: Numeric or Alphanumeric
Default value: Numeric
REFRESHINTERVAL
Display name: REFRESHINTERVAL
By default, XenMobile pings the Auto Discovery Server (ADS) for pinned certificates every 3 days. To change the refresh interval, go to Settings > Client Properties, add the custom key REFRESHINTERVAL, and set the Value to the number of hours.
Default value: 72 hours (3 days)
SEND_LDAP_ATTRIBUTES
For MAM-only deployments of Android, iOS, or macOS devices: You can configure XenMobile so that users who enroll in Secure Hub with email credentials are automatically enrolled in Secure Mail. As a result, users don’t provide extra information or take extra steps to enroll in Secure Mail.
To configure this global client policy, go to Settings > Client Properties, add the custom key SEND_LDAP_ATTRIBUTES, and set the Value as follows.
Value: userPrincipalName=${user.userprincipalname},sAMAccountNAme=${user.samaccountname},displayName=${user.displayName},mail=${user.mail}
The attribute values are specified as macros, similar to MDM policies.
Here is a sample account service response for this property:
<property value=”userPrincipalName=eng1@xmslab.com,sAMAccountName=eng1,displayName=eng1\,test1,email=eng1@xmslab.com\,eng1@xmslab.com” name=”SEND_LDAP_ATTRIBUTES”/>
Note: For this property, XenMobile treats comma characters as string terminators. Therefore, if an attribute value includes a comma, precede it with a backslash. The backslash prevents the client from interpreting the embedded comma as the end of the attribute value. Represent backslash characters with “\\”.
TUNNEL_EXCLUDE_DOMAINS
Display name: Tunnel Exclude Domains
By default, MDX excludes from micro VPN tunneling some service endpoints that XenMobile SDKs and apps use for various features. For example, those endpoints include services that don’t require routing through enterprise networks, such as Google Analytics, Citrix Cloud services, and Active Directory services. Use this client property to override the default list of domains excluded.
To configure this global client policy, go to Settings > Client Properties, add the custom key TUNNEL_EXCLUDE_DOMAINS, and set the Value.
Value: To replace the default list with the domains that you want to exclude from tunneling, type a comma-separated list of domain suffixes. To include all domains in tunneling, type none. Default is:
app.launchdarkly.com,cis.citrix.com,cis-staging.citrix.com,cis-test.citrix.com,clientstream,launchdarkly.com,
crashlytics.com,events.launchdarkly.com,fabric.io,firehose.launchdarkly.com, hockeyapp.net,mobile.launchdarkly.com,
pushreg.xm.citrix.com,rttf.citrix.com,rttf-staging.citrix.com,rttf-test.citrix.com,ssl.google-analytics.com,stream.launchdarkly.com