Usage of the ssl-vpn interface, 2 usage of the ssl-vpn interface – Kerio Tech KERIO WINROUTE FIREWALL 6 User Manual

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24.2 Usage of the SSL-VPN interface

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Allowing access from the Internet

Access to the SSL-VPN interface from the Internet must be allowed by defining a traffic rule

allowing connection to the firewall’s HTTPS service. For details, see chapter

7.4

.

Figure 24.3

Traffic rule allowing connection to the SSL-VPN interface

Note: If the port for SSL-VPN interface is changed, it is also necessary to modify the Service

item in this rule!

Antivirus control

If at least one antivirus is enabled in WinRoute (see chapter

13

), all files transferred by the

SSL-VPN interface can be scanned for viruses.

In default configuration, only files uploaded to hosts in remote private networks are scanned.

For connection speed reasons, files downloaded to local hosts from remote networks are not

scanned by antiviruses (files downloaded from private networks are considered as trustwor-

thy). Settings of antivirus check can be changed in antivirus configuration — see chapter

13.5

.

24.2 Usage of the SSL-VPN interface

For access to the interface, most of common graphical web browsers can be used (however, we

recommend to use Internet Explorer version 6.0 or Firefox/SeaMonkey with the core version 1.3

and later). Specify URL in the browser in the

https://server/

format, where server represents the DNS name or IP address of the WinRoute host. If SSL-VPN

uses another port than the default port for HTTPS (443), it is necessary to specify the used

port in the URL, e.g.

https://server:12345/

Upon a connection to the server, the SSL-VPN interface’s welcome page is displayed localized

to the language set in the browser. If the language defined as preferred is not available, the

English version will be used.

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