SonicWALL Aventail Connect Tunnel Datasheet - Moonblink

SECURE REMOTE ACCESSSonicWALL Aventail Connect Tunnel■ Easy “in-office” experiencefrom anywhere■ Easy-to-deploy, -manageand -control■ SonicWALL AventailUnified Policy■ Secure access toany application■ Split tunnel controlEasy “In-Office” ExperienceToday, more and more business is being done remotely by home office workers, traveling executiveswith managed laptops and extranet partners. These mission-critical users need the same full access tokey business applications—including back-connect applications like VoIP soft phones and remote helpdesk—as if they were in the office. The challenge for IT is to provide full access while ensuring strongdesktop security, split-tunneling control and personal firewall detection.SonicWALL® Aventail® Connect Tunnel offers SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SSL VPN users an easy andsecure, “in-office” experience alternative. Connect Tunnel is a Web-deployable client that provides usersof authorized remote desktops and laptops with secure everywhere access to the entire corporatenetwork. Connect Tunnel delivers the easiest, most complete method of secure remote access available,and is ideal for providing strong security for wireless Local Area Network (LAN) users and road warriorswho need full access away from the office.Features and BenefitsEasy “in-office” experience from anywhereprovides remote users of IT-managed devices (such asauthorized desktops and laptops) with the same accessto network resources as they would have on the officeLAN—for a complete “in-office” experience. ConnectTunnel delivers the highest level of transparency andunmatched ease-of-use for the user, including singlesign-on, network auto-discovery and integration withthird-party dialers. Users don’t have to think about howto gain full access to their resources. With a click of anicon on the IT-managed remote device, the user canautomatically authenticate to the network over theInternet. SonicWALL Aventail Smart Access technologyautomatically determines and deploys the right remoteaccess method to the corporate resources that the userneeds, based on administrative policy.Easy-to-deploy, -manage and -control, withadministrators easily installing Connect Tunnel onmanaged devices, and automatically updating newversions and making configuration changes withoutfurther intervention. The lightweight Aventail ConnectTunnel client can be preinstalled on an IT-manageddevice, or deployed via a one-time download from aWeb portal, offering an ideal easy-to-deploy alternativefor “fat client” IPSec VPNs.Secure access to any application—including VoIPand remote help desk—using SonicWALL AventailSmart Tunneling technology, a unique architecturethat combines the application layer control of SSLwith the application reach of a Layer 3 tunnel. Thisprovides users unparalleled application breadth, includingsupport for UDP, TCP and IP protocols, as well as granularbi-directional access control for any applications,including back-connect applications like VoIP andremote help desk. A VoIP device can be interrogated andthe user authenticated before connection, preventingthe threat of malware attacks.Split tunnel control enables IT to control a user’s abilityto log onto multiple networks while on the VPN. NATtraversal, proxy detection, traversal and dynamicallyadaptive mitigation of address conflicts ensure universalapplication access. Connect Tunnel is easily integratedwith Internet dialers and other desktop softwareproducts. And since users get full access to theapplications they need, along with complete policycontrol and security, Connect Tunnel also provides aneasy and effective alternative to cumbersome IPSecdeployments.SonicWALL Aventail Unified Policy centralizescontrol of all users, groups, resources and devices,allowing administrators to quickly set policy with asingle rule across all objects. Using SonicWALL AventailEnd Point Control, you can identify and enforce securitypolicy for all Windows,® Macintosh® and Linux® devices,by automatically detecting such criteria asanti-virus software, personal firewalls, applications,directories, file names and sizes, timestamps, orWindows versions, domains, and registry entries.PROTECTION AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS

Connect TunnelE-Class EX-75001-SSC-7704Add-onE-Class EX-1600IncludedE-Class EX-2500IncludedHow SonicWALL Aventail Connect Tunnel WorksThe lightweight SonicWALL Aventail Connect Tunnel client can be preinstalled on an IT-manageddevice, or downloaded from a Web portal. Once the Connect Tunnel client is installed, the user nolonger needs to access a Web site or portal to gain access to all their authorized network resources,and have a complete “in-office” experience. With a click on the SonicWALL Aventail Connect icon onthe desktop, the user can automatically authenticate and get access from the IT-managed device tothe network over the Internet.SpecificationsOperating System Browser NotesWindows Vista® N/A Windows administrator rightsWindows XP Pro, SP2required for installationWindows 2000 Pro, SP4Windows XP Home, SP2Windows Server Platform: N/A Windows administrator rightsWindows 2003 Serverrequired for installationWindows 3000 Server, SP4Macintosh OS X v 10.5 N/A Administrator rights required for installationNo support for End Point ControlMacintosh OSX v 10.5 has been testedonly on Intel computersLinux kernel 2.4.20 or later Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Administrator rights required for installation(Mozilla Firefox 1.5)Browser required only for proxy detectionNo support for End Point ControlFor more information about SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SSL VPN solutions, please visitwww.sonicwall.com.SonicWALL, Inc.1143 Borregas Avenue T +1 408.745.9600 www.sonicwall.comSunnyvale CA 94089-1306 F +1 408.745.9300PROTECTION AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS©2007 SonicWALL, Inc. is a registered trademark of SonicWALL, Inc. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.Specifications and descriptions subject to change without notice. 12/07 SW 257