#ADD WEBSITE TO SONICWALL SSL VPN CLIENT PASSWORD#
The user supplies the appropriate login and password (the domain piece does not actually refer to a Windows domain, it is an internal designation that can be set to anything) and, if authenticated, they’ll then be presented with a screen like the following: When a user connects to a Sonicwall with SSL VPN enabled they will see something similar to the following: All the user requires is a modern browser (IE, Chrome, FireFox, Safari and others) and Java installed along with the browser. The links on the page may be global or may be specific to the user but all operate in the same fashion the UTM appliance creates a proxied session between the authenticated user on the WAN and the desired target/service on the LAN. Links are presented on a webpage hosted on the Sonicwall UTM which is accessed after the user logs in and authenticates (various authentication methods are supported including LDAP/Active Directory). Virtual Office is essentially web-published, proxied links to internal RDP, VNC, Telnet or SSH resources. (There are much bigger SSL VPN products in the Sonicwall stable but we’ll stick to the ones listed as they are the most affordable.) The UTM appliances all provide SSL-VPN based “Virtual Office” capability as well as the NetExtender SSL-VPN client.
Sonicwall offers multiple ways to implement SSL-VPN but the two that most come to mind with SMB’s are the SSL-VPN “Virtual Office” capabilities that are baked into all Sonicwall UTM appliances and the expanded SSL-VPN capabilities that ship with the Sonicwall SRA products. SSL-VPN is usually much easier to manage than older, more traditional “fat client” VPN solutions. SSL-VPN in simplistic terms is a method to create a secure, encrypted “tunnel” between two devices using SSL (https) as the encryption/connection mechanism. There are three features I want to reference in this and the following two blog posts that I think are of particular relevance to a number of small and medium sized businesses. We (itgroove) never perform a customer on-premise build without a Sonicwall in place at the gateway. I am an unabashed fan of Dell Sonicwall gear as Sonicwall offers a wide range of capabilities in their UTM (Unified Threat Management) platforms that is affordable for most small, midsize and enterprise businesses. But it is important to remember that your on-premise kit needs some love and affection, too! And, most importantly, you need to be mindful of your gateway security. We tend to lose sight of some of the “basics” when all of the “sexiness” of the Cloud and other things get all of the attention.