Citrix Day 2012: ShareFile

Citrix Systems International GmbH

ShareFile Enterprise

Roger Bösch

ShareFile Introduction

Sync

Share

Store• Enables file sharing with anyone

• Syncs data across all devices

• Online file sharing spaces for virtual teams

• Selective offline access on mobile devices

• Data protection ᵒ Encryptionᵒ Device lockᵒ Remote wipeᵒ Poison-pill

Why ShareFile?

• Enable workforce mobility & BYOD

• Address the “Dropbox-Problem”

• Simple and secure data sharingᵒ Fellow employeesᵒ Team collaborationᵒ Clients, 3rd party collaboration

• Enhanced productivity

Broad Device, Workflow and Protocol Support

Desktop AppsDesktop Apps Alternative Protocol / AutomationAlternative Protocol / Automation

Mobile AppsMobile Apps

Mobile

SiteiPhone Android BlackBerry

Windows 7

PhoneiPad

Android

Tablet

Outlook

Plug-in

Desktop

Sync

Desktop

Widget

Enterprise

Sync

Command

Line

Interface

Drive

Mapping

ShareFile High-level Architecture

ShareFile – with Citrix managed StorageZones

DB

*.sharefile.com *.sf-api.com

Storage Center (EC2)

S3

• Account info

• Brokering

• Reporting• Access Control

Control Plane

• Storage Centers

• Backend Storage

• Various Locations WW

StorageZones

Client

ShareFile – Current ArchitectureWith Citrix managed StorageZones

ShareFile Control Plane

SQLCluster

Load balancing

Webservers “main app”

API Webservers

Replication to

DR Datacenter

TLS/SSL

AES-256

Encryption

DMZ No Client Files

File MetadataAccount Data

Load balancing

Client

StorageStorage

EBSEBS

EBSEBS

ShareFile StorageZones

Storage Centers

TLS/SSL

AES-256

Encryption

Client

Storage

EC2 S3

Utility Servers

AES-256

Encryption

Cache

File Processing

Anti Virus &

Thumbnailing

Full Text IndexBackup

Elastic Block Storage

S3 Commit

AES-256

Encryption

FTP ServersFTP/FTPS

Encrypted

Backup to 3rd

Party Datacenter

Backup

S3 99.99%

availability and

99.999999999% durability

StorageStorage

EBSEBS

EBSEBS

ShareFile StorageZones - Download

Storage Centers

TLS/SSL

AES-256

Encryption

Client

Storage

EC2 S3

Elastic Block Storage

FTP ServersFTP/FTPS

Availability and Redundancy

Availability Information

• Real-time backup to Citrix data center

• Automatic failover (if necessary)

• Lazy file deletion to support file recovery



• Store files in customer managed

StorageZones and/or in the Citrix managed

StorageZones

• Modified On-Prem version of existing

Storage Plane software

• Same user experience

• Technology Preview available

Why StorageZones?

Meet unique compliance and

data sovereignty requirements

by storing data On-Prem

Optimize end user performance

by placing files and folders in

close proximity

Compliance Performance

ShareFile - Citrix managed StorageZones

DB



S3

• Account info

• Brokering


Control Plane

• Storage Centers

• Backend Storage

• Various Locations WW

StorageZones

Client


S3

Citrix managed and On-Prem StorageZones

• Account info

• Brokering


Control Plane

Client

Customer Datacenter

Storage Center (Windows IIS)

NAS CIFS

• Storage Centers

• Backend Storage

• In customer Datacenter(s)

• Hybrid with cloud

StorageZones

DB


Citrix managed StorageZones

Control Planes

Customer - managed StorageZones

NEW: Control Plane in

Germany / Frankfurt

Using StorageZones

Using StorageZones

• StorageZones can be set onᵒ User-level

ᵒ Root Folder-level

Using StorageZones

On-Prem Deployment Models

Proof of Concept Deployment

Fir

ew

all

Storage Center

httpshttps

Public Internet IP 10.0.0.1

10.0.0.20

HA Deployment

Storage Center

httpshttps

Public Internet IP 2 10.0.0.1

Storage Center

https

10.0.0.21

Storage Center

10.0.0.20

Storage

https

Public Internet IP 1

Fir

ew

all

Secure DMZ Deployment

http or https

https

Public

Internet IP

10.0.0.1

Storage Center

10.0.0.21

Storage Center

10.0.0.20

Storage

Fir

ew

all

Fir

ew

all

http or https

StorageZones Setup

On-premise StorageZones Requirements

• Windows 2008 Server R2

• IIS Web Services role with ASP.NET

• Microsoft .NET 4.0

• A public-resolvable internet hostname

• An SSL certificate for the above ᵒ Public, Windows accepted Certificate

Authority ᵒ Self-signed or unsigned certificates are

not supported at this time

IIS Configuration

• Install SSL certificate and bind

certificate to https port 443ᵒ Not needed when using DMZ proxy

• ISAPI and CGI Restrictionsᵒ ASP.NET v4.0.x needs to be set to

“Allowed”

Storage Center Installation

Storage Center Configuration

Shared Storage Configuration

• Tech Preview can use CIFS (UNC)

or local or mapped drive/directory

• Storage Centers will access the

Share using the

StorageCenterAppPool userᵒ Default NetworkServiceᵒ Can be changed

• Application Pools →

StorageCenterAppPool →

Advanced Setting → Identity

ShareFile Security

Security Information

• SSAE 16 audited data centers

• SSL Encryption in transit

• AES 256-bit encryption at rest

• All uploaded files scanned for viruses

• Daily scans for McAfee SECURE accreditation

• All ShareFile servers protected by dedicated firewalls

Standard Download Security

Client

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1

1 Client requests a file

2 Prepare message send to Storage Center

3 HMAC is validated

5 Client receives download URL with HMAC

6 Client requests download

7 HMAC is validated

8 Storage Center gets file from storage

9 Download starts

2

Storage Center

EBS S3

Main App/

API servers

DB

Shared Secret (trust)

3

5 6

7

8

9

4

4 Storage Center confirms validity

Trust & Encryption – On-Premise StorageZonesS

tora

ge

Zo

ne

s

Storage Center

Shared Secret (trust)DB


Storage

Shared Key Created

when StorageZone is

createdStorage encryption

based on Passphrase

during Storage Center configuration

DM

ZDownload Security with On-Prem StorageZones

• NetScaler can handle incoming HMAC’s

• Can also work with other 3rd Party products

• HMAC part of URI: &h=…

• Shared key not required on NetScaler

Sto

rag

Zo

ne

Storage Center

1 NetScaler strips HMAC from URI

2 NetScaler sends URI & HMAC to Storage Center

3 HMAC is validated by Storage Center

5 Process Completes

4 Storage Center sends confirmation to NS

1 5

2 4

3

NetScaler Configuration

• For Validation checks, you will need to configure http callouts and a responder

policy

• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX133417

• Future version of NetScaler will have pre-configured policies

ShareFile Authentication

ShareFile Authentication Options

• Built-in Authenticationᵒ Uses combination of email address and password

ᵒ Passwords are stored hashed in database

• SAML Supportᵒ Broad Identity Provide Support, including ADFS

• CloudGatewayᵒ Offers user provisioning functionalityᵒ Receiver integration

ᵒ Recommended, especially for existing Citrix customer

Enterprise Active Directory Options

• Requires customer provided and configured SAML provider

• Microsoft ADFS Support

• Also supports popular Identity

Providers such as:ᵒ OneLoginᵒ CA SiteMinder

ᵒ PingIdentity PingFederateᵒ SalesForce

• Unified storefront for all applications, data and services

• Instant user provisioning and de-provisioning

• Fully integrated with Receiver

• Real-time SaaS application monitoring

• Comprehensive access control policies

SAML 2.0 Support

SAML Authentication

• User account is still required in ShareFileᵒ Folder Access Control

ᵒ Licensing

• Users will be matched by email address

• Identity Provider Password will never be

send to Control Plane

• Password reset can be disabled

• Requires tools to be ‘SAML-aware’ᵒ ShareFile web site and iPad app are today

with other tool support coming

7 8 91 2 3

Service Provider

(sharefile.com)Identity Provider

(e.g. CloudGateway,

ADFS)

4 5

6

1 Client requests ShareFile SSO login URL

2 Client discovers identity provider

3 Client redirected to identify provider

4 Client requests identity provider URL

5 Identity Provider identifies the user

6User is authenticated and is redirected to

Assertion Consumer Service URL with SAML

response

7 User agent requests ACS URL

8ACS validates SAML response and redirects

user agent to ShareFile URL

9 User agent requests ShareFile URL

User has access

SAMLHow it works

Client

ShareFile Account Creation

• User creation can be done manuallyᵒ One-by-one

ᵒ Import from Excel spreadsheet

• User is provisioned through CloudGateway

• Employee Creation Tool

Employee Creation Tool

• Creates ShareFile user accounts and

distribution lists based on AD users

and groups

• Option to notify users of account

creation

• Built-in log

• Ability to select default StorageZone

for users

• Users added with the ECT should also

be removed with the ECT

Employee Creation Tool Options

• Pre-defined user account settingsᵒ Enabled:

• Personal File Box• Manage Client Users

• My Settings link available

• User is added to Company Address Book

ᵒ Disabled:• Selection of StorageZones for root-level folders

• Ability to change password

• Edit Shared Address Book

• Root folder creation and email notification

through UI

• EmployeeCreationTool.exe.config

Citrix CloudGateway & ReceiverFollow-me-data

PC

Mac

Smartphone

Tablet

Thin Client

StoreFront™services

Content Controllers

Access Gateway services

Deployment Option & FeaturesFeatures ShareFile Receiver + ShareFile + CloudGateway

Access + Security

Multi-device/platform access √ √

Desktop synch √ √

Offline Access √ √

AD + SAML Support √ √

Remote wipe of data √ √

Collaboration

Shared Folders with permissions √ √

Outlook plug-in √ √

Simple link sharing √ √

Enterprise Control + Unified Delivery

Remote Wipe of apps and data √

SSO across Apps and Data with 2-factor support √

AD based Roles and Provisioning/De-provisioning √

XenApp Integration √

Apps and Data via Single UI (Receiver) √

Unified Admin console for apps and data √

Policy based access* √

Data Encryption with shredding* √

What’s Next

ShareFile StorageZones Connect Tech Preview

• Web application

• Brokering• Reporting

• Access Control

Control Plane

Client

Customer Datacenter

Storage Center (Windows IIS)

NASCIFS Share

• Provide mobile access to files in existing CIFS shares

StorageZone

DB


ShareFile StorageZones Connect Tech Preview

ShareFile Personal Folder

ShareFile Team Folder

ShareFile Team Folder

Existing Network Share

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