Re: Sonicwall SSL 2000 recon

[Kurt Buff]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:19, Bill Songstad (WCUL)
 wrote:
> Thanks everyone.  It looks like I'll take the plunge.  I was concerned that 
> the remote desktop was buggy, but it seems that everyone is happy with its 
> function.
>
> Do the users log in one time with their Active Directory credentials?  Or do 
> they log in to the appliance with one set of credentials and then into the 
> network/rdp session with their AD credentials?  Or do they use their AD 
> credentials to log in to the appliance and then log into the other apps with 
> the AD credentials as well?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill

That depends on how you set it up. I don't like the idea of AD
integration, so I require a separate login - accounts that are local
to the SonicWall.

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RE: Sonicwall SSL 2000 recon

[Bill Songstad (WCUL)]

Thanks everyone.  It looks like I'll take the plunge.  I was concerned that the 
remote desktop was buggy, but it seems that everyone is happy with its 
function.  

Do the users log in one time with their Active Directory credentials?  Or do 
they log in to the appliance with one set of credentials and then into the 
network/rdp session with their AD credentials?  Or do they use their AD 
credentials to log in to the appliance and then log into the other apps with 
the AD credentials as well?

Thanks,

Bill 

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 7:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Sonicwall SSL 2000 recon

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 18:07, Jeff Frantz  wrote:
> Bill,
>
>
>
> I���ve had one of these boxes for about four year��  I have never had a
> problem with it and our employees love the ability to remote into their XP
> desktops from home�� It works from both Macs and PCs.�� I havet tried a
> Linux client but I see no reason why it wouldn���t work��� Although I don���t
> give employees access through the NetExtender client, I have used it with
> remote vendors or when m out of town in a hotel or from a cellular card.
> Sonicwall has been good at updating the firmware, including enhancements and
> bug fixes.�� In fact, Sonicwall is having a webinar on Wednesday regarding
> features in version 3.5 of the firmware.

Linux clients (FreeBSD, too) work just fine if you have a Java JRE/JDK
installed and cooperating with the web browser.

As a matter of fact, just this evening I tried out an SSHv2 client
from home, and it works like a champ.

Kurt

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Re: Sonicwall SSL 2000 recon

[Kurt Buff]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 18:07, Jeff Frantz  wrote:
> Bill,
>
>
>
> I’ve had one of these boxes for about four years.  I have never had a
> problem with it and our employees love the ability to remote into their XP
> desktops from home.  It works from both Macs and PCs.  I haven’t tried a
> Linux client but I see no reason why it wouldn’t work.  Although I don’t
> give employees access through the NetExtender client, I have used it with
> remote vendors or when I’m out of town in a hotel or from a cellular card.
> Sonicwall has been good at updating the firmware, including enhancements and
> bug fixes.  In fact, Sonicwall is having a webinar on Wednesday regarding
> features in version 3.5 of the firmware.

Linux clients (FreeBSD, too) work just fine if you have a Java JRE/JDK
installed and cooperating with the web browser.

As a matter of fact, just this evening I tried out an SSHv2 client
from home, and it works like a champ.

Kurt

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Sonicwall SSL 2000 recon

[Jeff Frantz]

Bill,

I've had one of these boxes for about four years.  I have never had a problem 
with it and our employees love the ability to remote into their XP desktops 
from home.  It works from both Macs and PCs.  I haven't tried a Linux client 
but I see no reason why it wouldn't work.  Although I don't give employees 
access through the NetExtender client, I have used it with remote vendors or 
when I'm out of town in a hotel or from a cellular card.  Sonicwall has been 
good at updating the firmware, including enhancements and bug fixes.  In fact, 
Sonicwall is having a webinar on Wednesday regarding features in version 3.5 of 
the firmware.

It has made life much easier than dealing with VPNs from employee's homes.  I 
highly recommend it.

-Jeff


From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org]
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 7:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Sonicwall SSL 2000 recon

I'm looking at the Sonicwall SSL 2000 
http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/510.html  as a clientless VPN to access 
remote desktop on our WinXP Pro desktops.  I've heard a number of things all 
over the board about Sonicwall as a company, but does anyone have experience 
with this product in particular?

Thanks for any feedback,

Bill








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Re: Sonicwall SSL 2000 recon

[Kurt Buff]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 16:22, Bill Songstad (WCUL)
 wrote:
> I’m looking at the Sonicwall SSL 2000
> http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/510.html  as a clientless VPN to access
> remote desktop on our WinXP Pro desktops.  I’ve heard a number of things all
> over the board about Sonicwall as a company, but does anyone have experience
> with this product in particular?

I installed one very recently, and am happy with it - my troubles were
definitely self-inflicted. Support was a bit snippy with me, but once
I figured out that I had two machines fighting over the same external
IP address, it was pretty straightforward.

*That* was fairly embarrassing.

I've got clients using both the ActiveX and Java clients for RDP, and
Java for the file shares, but I haven't set up any web site forwarding
yet, nor the NetExtender. Have to do that soon.

Kurt

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RE: Sonicwall SSL 2000 recon

[Derek Lidbom]

I configured one for remote access (browser-based access to UNC shares
and RDP) and it works well.  I don't have experience with the
NetExtender side of the product.  Integrated fine with SecurID via
RADIUS.  Their support runs the gamut, as you've probably gleaned from
this list.

 

As I've mentioned before, I do believe they have some issues in how the
company approaches security, but most of those can be mostly mitigated
by proper policy/procedures on your end.

 

-Derek

 

From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org] 
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 7:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Sonicwall SSL 2000 recon

 

I'm looking at the Sonicwall SSL 2000
http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/510.html  as a clientless VPN to
access remote desktop on our WinXP Pro desktops.  I've heard a number of
things all over the board about Sonicwall as a company, but does anyone
have experience with this product in particular?  

 

Thanks for any feedback,

 

Bill 

 

 

 

 

 


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Sonicwall SSL 2000 recon

[Bill Songstad (WCUL)]

I'm looking at the Sonicwall SSL 2000
http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/510.html  as a clientless VPN to
access remote desktop on our WinXP Pro desktops.  I've heard a number of
things all over the board about Sonicwall as a company, but does anyone
have experience with this product in particular?  

 

Thanks for any feedback,

 

Bill 

 

 


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