Running your own online small business is not complicated when you know what requirements you need to implement for a small business computer network with SSL-VPN capability. As general when you need to deploy a network infrastructure with the SSL-VPN capability, you require a router with firewall and SSL-VPN equipments. But with Zywall SSL 10 router, deploying SSL-VPN infrastructure is getting easier.
Zywall SSL 10 is an all-in-one device for all your requirements to build an SSL-VPN infrastructure for your small businesses. With Zywall SSL 10 router, you can allow remote users access your internal web-server or other network resources securely using SSL (secure socket layer) protocol – the clientless secure remote access (https: //), no software to install.
The following summarizes the features of the Zywall SSL 10 router:
- Remote users can easily create VPN secure tunneling to the corporate network using SSL (https: //) through public network (the internet)
- You can integrate the device with your exiting firewall
- You can integrate the authentication / authorization with your existing Active Directory (AD), LDAP, and RADIUS infrastructure. And it also supports the two-factor authentication (one time password) such as using Token RSA SecureID.
- Unified Policy Management with Object-Based Configuration. You can define objects based security policies such as groups, range of network address, or applications.
- Zywall SSL 10 router supports end point security by detecting the presence of required processes (e.g. virus scan, personal firewalls, OS patch levels, registry settings, etc.) on the client PC as well as the browser cache cleaner.
- You can securely map your public resources by using the NAT and DMZ modes.
Check here for more detail manufacturer description and specs for Zywall SSL 10 router.
Unlike home wireless routers with VPN pass-through feature, Zywall SSL 10 router includes the VPN-SSL technology integrated in a single box. Wireless home routers support only the VPN pass-through which means they do not include the VPN technology in the router but they allow VPN traffic initiated from the VPN clients to pass-through the router to reach the VPN server. So that’s why you need to enable the feature to allow the VPN traffic.
The following figure shows the VPN SSL infrastructure diagram that uses Zywall SSL 10 router. With this simple diagram, you can build your small business network with VPN-SSL capability. All the basic networking requirements are included in the router such as DHCP feature to provide the IP address automatically to all the client computers in the network.
Installation is easy; you need to connect the SSL router (the WAN port) to your existing modem. Connect the computer to one of the LAN port of the router for configuration. You can access the router later via your web browser – just type the default IP address of the router 192.168.1.1 (if you don’t change the default setting) and press enter to get into the configuration menu. The default user-name is “admin” and default password is “1234”.
Zywall SSL 10 router is designed for small business network. For branch offices of the corporate network, consider the SonicWall NSA 240 and VPN-SSL 200. NSA 240 Sonicwall is ideal solution for your Small Business Network Security – it’s an all-in-one network security solution but you need VPN-SSL 200 for VPN-SSP capability.
By Ki Grinsing
See also:
- ZyXEL ZyWALL 5 Internet Security Firewall Appliance
- Internet connection problems
- Network Security Best Practices | Minimum Requirements
- How to setup a network between two computers
- Cisco SR2024 Gigabit Switch – a high speed Gigabit Autosensing 24 Port Switch
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