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Chapter 5
Configuring the Remote Access Web Portal
This chapter explains how to create multiple Web portals for different users and how to customize
the appearance of a portal. It describes:
•
Portal Layouts
•
Portal Options
•
Adding Portal Layouts
•
Adding Terminal Services Applications to the Portal
•
Customizing the Banner
•
Duplicating and Editing Portal Layouts
•
Advanced Portal Page Layout Specifications
•
Creating a Guide to Using the Portal
If your implementation consists of only a single portal layout, you can simply modify the default
layout “SSL-VPN.”
Portal Layouts
The SSL VPN
Portal Layouts
screen allows you to create a custom page that remote users will
see when they log into the portal. Because the page is completely customizable, it provides the
ideal way to communicate remote access instructions, support information, technical contact info
or VPN-related news updates to remote users. The page is also well-suited as a starting page for
restricted users; if mobile users or business partners are only permitted to access a few files or web
URLs, the page you create will only show those links relevant to these users.
Portal Layouts are applied by selecting from available layouts in the configuration of a Domain.
To view the Portal Layout screen, click Portal Layouts under the SSL VPN Portal menu on the left
navigation pane. A window similar to the following will display.
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Portal Options
The SSL VPN Concentrator portal can present the remote user with all of the features listed in the
table below, or a subset, depending on the configuration by the administrator.
The configuration of the VPN Tunnel and Port Forwarding features are described in
Chapter 6,
“Configuring the SSL VPN Tunnel Client and Port Forwarding”
.
Adding Portal Layouts
The SSL VPN Concentrator administrator may define individual layouts for the SSL VPN portal.
The layout configuration includes the theme, menu layout, portal pages to display, portal
application icons to display, and web cache control options.
Figure 5-1
Table 5-1.
Feature
VPN Tunnel
An ActiveX-based SSL VPN client for Windows that provides full network connectivity. A
client program is downloaded to the remote PC from the SSL312.
Applications
Network-enabled applications running on a Windows Server on the corporate network.
Remote Access
Two common remote desktop clients are implemented on the SSL VPN Concentrator.
•
RDP allows connection to a Windows Server desktop.
•
VNC allows connection to the desktop of various platforms.
Network Places
Network Neighborhood display of the corporate network.
Port Forwarding
A thin web-based client that provides a secure tunnel for specified TCP ports. A client
program is downloaded to the remote PC from the SSL312.
Utilities
Telnet, SSH, and FTP clients are implemented on the SSL VPN Concentrator.
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A default portal layout is the SSL-VPN portal. You can add additional portal layouts.
To add a new portal layout:
1.
Under the SSL VPN Portal menu on the left navigation pane, click Portal Layouts and click
Add Layout. The Portal Layout page displays.
2.
In the Portal Layout and Theme Name section:
a.
In the Portal Layout Name field, enter a descriptive name for the portal layout. This name
will be part of the path of the SSL VPN portal URL.
Only alphanumeric characters, hyphen (-), and underscore (_) are accepted for the Portal
Layout Name. If you enter other types of characters or spaces, the layout name will be
truncated before the first non-alphanumeric character. Please note that unlike most other
URLs, this name is case sensitive.
Note:
To apply a portal layout to a domain, add a new domain and select the portal layout
from the Portal Layout Name menu on the domain configuration page. The
selected portal layout will be applied to all users in the new domain.
Note:
Custom portals are accessed at a different URL than the default portal. For
example, if your SSL VPN portal is hosted at
, and you created a portal layout named “sales”,
then users will be able to access the sub-site at
.
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b.
In the Portal Site Title field, enter the title for the web browser window.
c.
To display a banner message to users before they log in to the portal, enter the banner title
text in the Banner Title field. Also enter the banner message text in the Banner Message
text area. Enter a plain text message or include HTML and JavaScript tags. The maximum
length of the login page message is 4096 characters. Then check the Display banner
message on login pag
e
checkbox to show the banner title and banner message text on the
Login screen as shown below
Figure 5-2
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d.
Check the Enable HTTP meta tags for cache control checkbox to apply HTTP meta tag
cache control directives to this Portal Layout. Cache control directives include:
<meta http-equiv=”pragma” content=”no-cache”>
<meta http-equiv=”cache-control” content=”no-cache”>
<meta http-equiv=”cache-control” content=”must-
revalidate”>
These directives help prevent clients browsers from caching SSL VPN portal pages and
other web content.
e.
Check the ActiveX web cache cleaner checkbox to load an ActiveX cache control when
users log in to the SSL VPN portal.
The web cache cleaner will prompt the user to delete all temporary Internet files, cookies
and browser history when the user logs out or closes the web browser window. The
ActiveX web cache control will be ignored by web browsers that don't support ActiveX.
3.
In the SSL VPN Portal Pages to Display section, select the portal pages you wish users to
access. Any pages that are not selected will not be visible from the portal navigation menu.
4.
In the Services Page
–
Available Services section, select the services that users should be able
to access. Only the corresponding service icons will be visible on the Services page.
5.
In the Desktop Page – Available Remote Desktop Clients section, select the desktop clients
that users should be able to access. Only the corresponding service icons will be visible on the
My Desktop page.
Note:
NETGEAR strongly recommends enabling HTTP meta tags for security
reasons and to prevent out-of-date web pages, themes and data being
stored in a user’s web browser cache.
Note:
If you hide portal pages or applications, you should also
create SSL VPN
access policies that deny access
to the corresponding applications. The portal
layout only affects the look and feel of the portal, but it does not prevent users
from accessing hidden sites.

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