Enabling session time-out

92

Configuring Web Session Time-Outs

93

Disabling Desktop Sharing

93

Setting Application Options

93

Enabling Split DNS

94

Enabling IP Pooling

94

Choosing a portal page for a group

95

Client certificate criteria configuration

95

Global policies

96

Configuring Resources for a User Group

96

Adding Users to Multiple Groups

98

Allowing and denying network resources and application policies

98

Defining network resources

99

Allowing and Denying Network Resources and Application Policies

100

Application policies

101

Configuring file share resources

102

Configuring kiosk mode

103

End point resources and policies

104

Configuring an end point policy for a group

105

Setting the Priority of Groups

106

Configuring Pre-Authentication Policies

107

CHAPTER 7 Creating and Installing Secure Certificates

109

Generating a Secure Certificate for the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway

109

Digital Certificates and Firebox SSL VPN Gateway Operation

110

Overview of the Certificate Signing Request

110

Password-Protected Private Keys

110

Creating a Certificate Signing Request

111

Installing a Certificate and Private Key from a Windows Computer

112

Installing Root Certificates on the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway

112

Installing Multiple Root Certificates

113

Creating Root Certificates Using a Command Prompt

113

Resetting the Certificate to the Default Setting

113

Client Certificates

114

To require client certificates

114

Installing Root Certificates

115

Obtaining a Root Certificate from a CertificateAuthority

115

Installing Root Certificates on a Client Device

115

Selecting an Encryption Type for Client Connections

115

Requiring Certificates from Internal Connections

116

To require server certificates for internal client connections

116

Wildcard Certificates

116

CHAPTER 8 Working with Client Connections

117

System Requirements

117

Operating Systems

117

Web Browsers

117

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WatchGuard Technologies manual Digital Certificates and Firebox SSL VPN Gateway Operation

SSL VPN specifications

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