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Because you need to assign a group when creating an SSL VPN user account, the user account is created after you have created the group.

3.For port forwarding, define the servers and services (see Configure Applications for Port Forwarding on page 273).

Create a list of servers and services that can be made available through user, group, or global policies. You can also associate fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) with these servers. The wireless VPN firewall resolves the names to the servers using the list you have created.

4.For SSL VPN tunnel service, configure the virtual network adapter (see Configure the SSL VPN Client on page 275).

For the SSL VPN tunnel option, the wireless VPN firewall creates a virtual network adapter on the remote computer that then functions as if it were on the local network. Configure the portal’s SSL VPN client to define a pool of local IP addresses to be issued to remote clients, as well as DNS addresses. Declare static routes or grant full access to the local network, subject to additional policies.

5.To simplify policies, define network resource objects (see Use Network Resource Objects to Simplify Policies on page 279).

Network resource objects are groups of IP addresses, IP address ranges, and services. By defining resource objects, you can more quickly create and configure network policies.

6.Configure the SSL VPN policies (see Configure User, Group, and Global Policies on page 282).

Policies determine access to network resources and addresses for individual users, groups, or everyone.

Create the Portal Layout

The Portal Layouts screen that you can access from the SSL VPN configuration menu allows you to create a custom screen that remote users see when they log in to the portal. Because the log-in screen is customizable, it provides an ideal way to communicate remote access instructions, support information, technical contact information, or VPN-related news updates to remote users. The log-in screen is also well suited as a starting screen for restricted users; if mobile users or business partners are permitted to access only a few resources, the log-in screen that you create presents only the resources that are relevant to these users.

You apply portal layouts by selecting one from the available portal layouts in the configuration of a domain. When you have completed your portal layout, you can apply the portal layout to one or more authentication domains (see Configure Domains on page 296). You can also make the new portal the default portal for the SSL VPN gateway by selecting the default radio button next to the portal layout name.

The wireless VPN firewall’s default portal address is https://<IP_address>/portal/SSL-VPN, in which the IP address can be either an IPv4 or an IPv6 address. Both types of addresses are supported simultaneously. The default domain geardomain is assigned to the default SSL-VPN portal.

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