Chapter21 Cisco IOS SSLVPN
Creating an SSL VPN Connection
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Cisco Router and Security Device Manager 2.5 User’s Guide
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Cisco SDM installs the software onto the router from the PC directory that
you specified when you deliver the configuration to the router by clicking
Finish.
Enable Cisco Secure Desktop
The router can install Cisco Secure Desktop on the user PC when the user logs in
to the Cisco IOS SSL VPN. Web transactions can leave cookies, browser history
files, e-mail attachments, and other files on the PC after the user logs out. Cisco
Secure Desktop create a secure partition on the desktop and uses a Department of
Defense algorithm to remove the files after the session terminates.

Install Cisco Secure Desktop

Clients must download the Cisco Secure Desktop software install bundle from the
router. If this software was installed along with Cisco SDM, the path to it
automatically appears in the Location field as shown in Example 21-4.
Example21-4 Cisco Secure Desktop Package Installed on Router
flash:/securedesktop-ios-3.1.0.29-k9.pkg
In Example 21-4, the Cisco Secure Desktop install bundle is loaded in router
flash. If your router’s primary device is a disk or a slot, the path that you see will
start with disk
n
or slot
n
.
If this field is empty, you must locate the install bundle so that Cisco SDM can
load it onto the router primary device, or download the software install bundle
from Cisco.com by clicking the Download latest... link at the bottom of the
window. This link takes you to the following web page:
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/securedesktop
Note You may need a CCO username and password in order to obtain software from
Cisco software download sites. To obtain these credentials, click Register at the
top of any Cisco.com webpage and provide the information asked for. Your userid
and password will be e-mailed to you.