uberAgent optionally encrypts user and domain names in the agent and has support to encrypt sensitive settings in its configuration.
User and domain names can be encrypted in the agent before being sent off to the backend. This can be useful for compliance with privacy regulations.
User and domain name encryption is disabled by default. If required, enable it via the configuration setting EncryptUserNames.
EncryptUserNames
With encryption enabled, user and domain names show up in the backend and in dashboards like this:
uberAgent’s download package comes with the command line-tool uAEncrypt.exe, which can be used to decrypt usernames as shown in the following example:
uAEncrypt.exe
uAEncrypt.exe -decrypt -keyId 101 -data <EncryptedDataHere>
Sensitive settings like passwords can be encrypted with the command-line tool uAEncrypt.exe, which is available in the uberAgent download package. The syntax is viewable by running uAEncrypt.exe -h.
uAEncrypt.exe -h
Some settings to consider for encryption:
RESTToken
[Receiver]
Password
[CitrixADC_Config]
To encrypt MySecretPassword:
MySecretPassword
uAEncrypt.exe -encrypt -keyId 1 -data MySecretPassword
Decryption is possible with:
uAEncrypt.exe -decrypt -keyId 1 -data <EncryptedDataHere>
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uberAgent optionally encrypts user and domain names in the agent and has support to encrypt sensitive settings in its configuration.
User and Domain Names
Encryption
User and domain names can be encrypted in the agent before being sent off to the backend. This can be useful for compliance with privacy regulations.
User and domain name encryption is disabled by default. If required, enable it via the configuration setting
EncryptUserNames.With encryption enabled, user and domain names show up in the backend and in dashboards like this:
Decryption
uberAgent’s download package comes with the command line-tool
uAEncrypt.exe, which can be used to decrypt usernames as shown in the following example:Configuration Settings
Encryption
Sensitive settings like passwords can be encrypted with the command-line tool
uAEncrypt.exe, which is available in the uberAgent download package. The syntax is viewable by runninguAEncrypt.exe -h.Some settings to consider for encryption:
RESTTokenin the stanza[Receiver]Passwordin the stanza[CitrixADC_Config]To encrypt
MySecretPassword:Decryption
Decryption is possible with: