Cisco Systems RV325K9NA, RV320K9NA manual Ssl Vpn

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SSL VPN

A SSL VPN (Secure Sockets Layer virtual private network) allows users to establish a secure, remote-access VPN tunnel to this device by using a web browser. Users do not need a software or hardware client preinstalled on their computers. SSL VPN provides secure, easy access to a broad range of web resources and web-enabled applications from almost any computer on the Internet. They include:

•Internal websites

•Web-enabled applications

•NT/Active Directory file shares (i.e. My Network Place)

•MS Outlook Web Access

•Application Access (port forwarding access to other TCP-based applications)

SSL VPN uses the Secure Sockets Layer protocol and its successor, Transport Layer Security, to provide a secure connection between remote users and specific, supported internal resources configured at a central site. This device recognizes connections that must be proxied, and the SSL VPN web portal interacts with the authentication subsystem to authenticate users.

Access to resources by users of SSL VPN sessions is provided on a group basis. Users such as business partners can be put into a group that has no direct access to resources

on the internal network. Or, for users that require access to all resources in the internal network, this device supports Virtual Passage, which allows authorized users to obtain an IP address from this device through a SSL VPN tunnel and are then a part of the internal network.

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