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Chapter 7. SSL VPN Th e ro u t er p ro v ides a n in t rin sic SSL VPN feat u re as an alt ern at e t o t h e s t an d ard IPs ec VPN. SSL VPN d iffers fro m IPs ec VPN main ly b y remo v in g t h e req u iremen t o f a p re in s t alled VPN clien t o n t h e remo t e h o st. In s tead , u sers can s ecu rely lo g in t h ro u g h t h e SSL Us er Portal us ing a s tandard web brows er and receive acces s to configured n et wo rk res o u rces wit h in t h e co rp orate LA N. Th e ro u t er s u p p o rt s mu lt ip le co n cu rren t s es s io n s t o allo w remo t e u s ers t o acces s t h e LA N o v er an en cry p t ed lin k t h ro u g h a cu s t o mizab le u s er p o rt al in t erface, an d each SSL VPN u s er can b e as s ig n ed u n iq u e privileges and network res ource acces s levels . Th e remo t e u s er can b e p ro vid ed d ifferent o pt io ns fo r SSL s erv ice t h ro u g h t h is ro u t er:  VPN Tunnel : Th e remo t e u s er's SSL en ab led b ro ws er is u s ed in p lace o f a VPN clien t o n t h e remo t e h o s t t o es t ab lis h a s ecu re VPN t u n n el. A SSL VPN clien t (A ct iv e -X o r Jav a b as ed ) is in s t alled in t h e remo t e h o s t t o allo w t h e clien t t o jo in t h e co rp o rat e LA N wit h p re-co n fig u red acces s / p o licy p riv ileg es . A t t h is p o in t a virtual network interface is created on the user's hos t and this will be as s igned an IP addres s and DNS s erver addres s from the router. Once es tablis hed, the hos t mach in e can acces s allo cat ed n et wo rk res o u rces .  Port Forwardi ng : A web -b as ed (A ct iv eX o r Jav a) clien t is in s t alled o n t h e clien t mach in e ag ain . No t e t h at Po rt Fo rward in g s ervice o n ly s u p p o rt s TCP co n n ect io n s b et ween t h e remo t e u s er an d t he ro u ter. Th e ro ut er ad min is t rat or can d efine s pecific s erv ices o r ap p licatio ns t h at are av ailable t o remo t e p o rt fo rward in g u s ers in s t ead o f acces s t o t h e fu ll LA N like t h e VPN t u n n el.  A ct iv eX clien t s are u s ed wh en t h e remo t e u ser accesses t h e p o rt al u s ing t he In ternet Exp lo rer b ro ws er. Th e Jav a clien t is u s ed fo r o t h er b ro ws ers like M o zilla Firefo x, Net s cap e Nav ig at o r, Go o g le Ch ro me, an d A p p le Safari.