SonicWALL SMA 500v User guide

SonicWall™

SecureMobileAccess8.6

UserGuide

SMA200/400

SRA1600/4600

SMA500vVirtual

Appliance

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implied,

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updatetheinformationcontainedinthisdocument.

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Secure

MobileAccessUserGuide

Updated‐October2017

Version‐8.6

232‐003818‐00RevB

Legend

WARNING:AWARNINGiconindicatesapotentialforpropertydamage,personalinjury,ordeath.

CAUTION:ACAUTIONiconindicatespotentialdamagetohardwareorlossofdataifinstructionsarenotfollowed.

IMPORTANT,NOTE,TIP,MOBILE,orVIDEO:Aninformationiconindicatessupportinginformation.

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

Part1.Introduction

AbouttheSecureMobileAccessUserGuide.............................................7

OrganizationofthisGuide..............................................

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GuideConventions... .............................

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VirtualOfficeOverview...........

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AboutVirtualOffice................................ ...............

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AccessingVirtualOfficeresources....................... ...

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Browserrequirements......................

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Aboutcertificates.. .. ..

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AbouttheVirtualOfficeWebInterface .................................

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LoggingOutoftheVirtualOffice...................... ....

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Part2.UsingSecureRemoteAccessFeatures

UsingSecureMobi leAccessConnectAgents................... .........................18

What

istheSecureMobileAccessConnectAgent? ............... .................. ........ 18

SupportedOperating

Systems....... ................................................ 18

DownloadingandInstallation .......................... ................

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SettinguptheSMAConnectAgent...............................

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UsingVirtualOfficeAuthentication ...........................

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ImportingCertificates.................. ......

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UsingTwo‐FactorAuthentication .....

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UserPrerequisites...............................................

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RSATwo‐Factoruserauthenticationprocess...........................

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VASCOtwo‐factoruserauthenticationprocess.................. ...........

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Usingone‐timepasswords........................ ..........

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Userprerequisites.....................

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Logginginwithaone‐timepassword

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Configuring

one‐timepasswordsforSMS‐capablephones....... ........................ 28

Verifyinguserone‐timepasswordconfiguration..... .

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UsingNetExtender...............

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User

Prerequisites.................. .................. ................................ 30

UsingMobileConnect .............................

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Userconfigurationtasks...........

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InstallingNetE xtenderusingtheMozillaFirefoxbrowser................................33

InstallingNetE xtenderusingtheInternetExplorerbrowser..

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InstallingNetE xtenderUsingtheChromeBrowser ................

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LaunchingNetExtenderDirectlyfromYourComputer......................

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Pre‐fillingtheServerandDomainFieldswhileInstalling NetExtenderthroughMicrosoftInstaller

ConfiguringNetExtenderProperties..... ...............

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Contents

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

ConfiguringNetExtenderConnectionScripts.......................................... 44

ConfiguringBatchFileCommands

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ConfiguringProxySettings...............................................

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ConfiguringNetExtenderLogProperties....................................

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ConfiguringNetExtenderAdvancedProperties.................................. ..

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ConfiguringNetExtenderAccelerationProperties...................... ................ 49

ConfiguringNetExtender

PacketCaptureProperties....................... ............. 49

ConfiguringLanguageProperties........

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ViewingtheNetExtenderLog ..

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DisconnectingNetExtender.......... .................. ..................

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UpgradingNetExtender ..... .................. ..............

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ChangingPasswords............ .............

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AuthenticationMethods ...........

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UninstallingNetExtender

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VerifyingNetExtenderoperationfromtheSystemTray .......................... ........

UsingtheNetExtenderCommandLineInterface.................................. .....54

InstallingNetE xtenderonLinux.

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UsingNetExtenderonLinux............................................

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UsingSecureVirtualAssistandVi rtualMeeting...... . . .......................

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UsingSecureVirtualAssist........ .............................

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InstallingandLaunchingSecureVirtualAssist........... .. .......

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ConfiguringSecureVirtualAssistSettings .......................

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SelectingaSecureVirtualAssistMode......................

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LaunchingaSecureVirtualAssistTechnicia nSession..................

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PerformingSecureVirtualAssistTechnicianTasks..........................

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InitiatingaSecureVirtualAssistSessionfromtheCustomerView ............... ..........77

UsingSecureVirtual

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UsingSecureVirtualAssistinUnattendedMode................................... 

.... 87

UsingVirtualAccessMode....... .................. .................

...............  88

EnablingaSystemforSecureVirtualAccess .... .................. ......

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UsingtheRequestAssistanceFeature..............................

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UsingSecureVirtualMeeting ............................

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OverviewofRoles................

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CoordinatorRole

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ParticipantRole............................. .....

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UsingFileShares................

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Using

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UserPrerequisites...................................

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ConfigurationOverview....................

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UsingHTML‐basedFileShares......

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ManagingBookmarks ..................... . ..........................

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AddingBookmarks...................................

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RDPBookmarks................

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Citrix

Bookmarks................. ...............................................130

WebBookmarks .................................

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SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

MobileConnectBookmarks............................................ .. .........133

FTPBookmarks............................ .. ...........

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SSHv2Bookmarks............... .. ......

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EditingBookmarks.......

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RemovingBookmarks....... .................. .............

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UsingBookmarks ......................

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UsingRemoteDesktopBookmarks

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UsingVNCBookmarks ............................................................137

UsingCitrixBookmarks.................................. .

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UsingWebBookmarks.......................

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UsingMobileConnectBookmarks...... ...

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UsingFileShareBookmarks.....

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UsingFTPBookmarks...............................................

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UsingTelnetBookmarks......... .. ......................

.........................143

UsingSSHv2Bookmarks......................

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GlobalBookmarkSingleSign‐OnOptions........

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Per‐BookmarkSingleSign‐OnOptions ........

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GNUGeneralPublicLicense(GPL)SourceCode ........ .................. ..............

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SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

Part1

Introduction

• AbouttheSecureMobileAccessUserGuide

• VirtualOfficeOverview

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

AbouttheSecureMobileAccessUser

Guide

WelcometotheSonicWallSecureMobileAccess(SMA)Userdocumentation.Thisdocumentprovides

informationonusingtheSecureMobileAccessuserportalcalledVirtualOfficethatallowsyoutocreate

bookmarksandrunservicesovertheSMA/SRAappliance.

ChecktheSonicWalldocumentationWebsiteforthelatestversionsofallSonicWall

productdocumentationat

https://support.sonicwall.com/sonicwall‐secure‐mobile‐access/sma%206200/release‐notes‐guides.

OrganizationofthisGuide

TheSonicWallSecureMobileAccessUserGuideisstructuredintothefollowingparts:

Chapter1AbouttheSecureMobileAccessUserGuide

Thischapterprovideshelpfulinformationforusingthisguide.Itincludesconventionsusedinthisguide,

informationonhowtoobtainadditionalproductinformation,andaQuickAccessWorksheetthatyoushould

completebeforeusingtheSMA/SRAappliance.

Chapter2VirtualOfficeOverview

ThischapterprovidesanoverviewofSMA/SRAapplianceuserfeatures,NetExtender,FileShares,SecureVirtual

Assist,SecureVirtualAccess,SecureVirtualMeeting,services,sessions,bookmarks,andservicetraymenu

options.

Chapter3UsingSecureMobileAccessConnectAgents

Thischapterprovidesproceduresonimportingcertificates,usingTwo‐Factorauthentication,andusing

One‐TimePasswords.

Chapter4UsingVirtualOfficeAuthentication

ThischapterprovidesdetailsonhowtousetheauthenticationfeaturesoftheSonicWallSecureMobileAccess

(SMA)VirtualOfficeportal.

Chapter5UsingNetExtender

Thischapterprovidesproceduresoninstalling,configuring,andusingNetExtender.

Chapter6UsingSecureVirtualAssistandVirtualMeeting

ThischapterprovidesproceduresoninstallingandusingSecureVirtualAssistandSecureVirtualMeeting.

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Chapter7UsingFileShares

Thischapterprovidesproceduresonusingfileshares.

Chapter8ManagingBookmarks

Thischapterprovidesproceduresonconfiguringbookm arks.

AppendixAWarrantyandLicenseAgreements

ThisappendixprovidestheLimitedHardwareWarrantyandEndUserLicensingAgreement,andSonicWall

Supportcontactinformation.

GuideConventions

Theconventionsusedinthisguideareasfollows:

GuideConventions

Convention Use

Bold Highlightsdialogbox,window,andscreennames.Alsohighlightsbuttons.Also

usedforfilenamesandtextorvaluesyouarebeinginstructedtotypeintothe

interface.

Italic Indicatesthenameofatechnicalmanual.Alsoindicatesemphasisoncertain



wordsinasentence.Sometimesindicatesthefirstinstanceofasignificant

termorconcept.

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VirtualOfficeOv erview

ThissectionprovidesanoverviewoftheSonicWallSecureMobileAccess(SMA)userportal,theVirtualOffice.It

alsoincludesinformationaboutsupportedbrowsersandassociatedrequirements.

Topics:

• AboutVirtualOfficeonpage9

• Browserrequirementsonpage10

• Aboutcertificatesonpage12

• AbouttheVirtualOfficeWebInterfaceonpage13

• LoggingOutoftheVirtualOfficeonpage16

AboutVirtualOffice

SecureMobileAccessVirtualOfficeprovidessecureremoteaccesstonetworkresources,suchasapplications,

files,intranetwebsites,andemailthroughwebaccessinterfacessuchasMicrosoftOutlookWebAccess(OWA).

TheunderlyingprotocolusedforthesesessionsisSSL.

WithSecureMobileAccess,mobileworkers,telecommuters,partners,andcustomers

canaccessinformation

andapplicationsonyourintranetorextranet.Whatinformationshouldbeaccessibletotheuserisdetermined

byaccesspoliciesconfiguredbytheSecureMobileAccessadministrator.

AccessingVirtualOffice resources

Remotenetworkresourcescanbeaccessedinthefollowingwa ys:

•UsingastandardWebbrowser‐Toaccessnetworkresources,youmustlogintotheSecureMobile

Accessportal.Afterauthenticated,youmightaccessintranetHTTPandHTTPSsites,offloadedportals,

Web‐basedapplications,andWeb‐basedemail.Inaddition,you

mightuploadanddownloadfilesusing

FTPorWindowsNetworkFileSharing.AllaccessisdonethroughastandardWebbrowseranddoesnot

requireanyclientapplicationstobedownloadedtoremoteusers’machines.

•UsingJavathin‐clientaccesstocorporatedesktopsandapplications–TheSonicWallSMA/SRAsecurity

appliance

includesseveralJavaorActiveXthin‐clientprogramsthatcanbelaunchedfromwithinthe

SonicWallSMA/SRAsecurityappliance.TerminalSer vicesandVNCJavaclientsallowremoteusersto

accesscorporateserversanddesktops,openfiles,editandstoredataasiftheywereattheoffice.

Termi nalServicesprovides

theabilitytoopenindividualapplicationsandsupportremotesoundand

printservices.Inaddition,usersmightaccessTelnetandSSHserversforSSHversion1(SSHv1)andSSH

version2(SSHv2),fromtheSecureMobileAccessportal.

•UsingtheNetExtenderSecureMobileAccessclient–TheSonicWallSecureMobileAccess

network

extensionclient,NetExtender,isavailablethroughtheSecureMobileAccessVirtualOfficeportal

throughanActiveXcontrolorthroughstandaloneapplicationsforWindows,Linux,andMacOSX

platforms.ToconnectusingtheSMA/SRAclient,logintotheportal,downloadtheinstallerapplication

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

andthenlaunchtheNetExtenderconnectortoestablishtheSSLVPNtunnel.AbouttheVirtualOffice

WebInterfaceonpage13.AfteryouhavesetuptheSSLVPNtunnel,youcanaccessnetworkresources

asifyouwereonthelocalnetwork.

TheNetExtenderstandaloneapplicationsareautomaticallyinstalled

onaclientsystemthefirsttimeyou

clicktheNetExtenderlinkintheVirtualOfficeportal.Thestandaloneclientcanbelauncheddirectly

fromusers’computerswithoutrequiringthemtologintotheSecureMobileAccessportalfirst.

•UsingtheSonicWallMobi leConnectapp–SonicWallMobileConnectis

anappforiOS,Android,MacOS

X,WindowsPhone,Windows10,andChromeOSthat,likeNetExtender,usesSSLVPNtoenablesecure,

mobileconnectionstoprivatenetworksprotectedbySonicWallsecurityapplian ces.Forinformation

aboutinstallingandusingSonicWallMobileConnect,seetheSonicWallMobileConnectUser

documentationavailableat:

https://support.sonicwall.com/sonicwall‐secure‐mobile‐access/sma%206200/release‐notes‐guides

Forsecureremoteaccesstoworkasdescribedinthisguide,theSonicWallSMA/SRAsecurityappliancemustbe

installedandconfiguredaccordingtothedirectionsprovidedintheGettingStartedGuideforyourmodel.

Browserrequirements

theBrowserVersionsPerClientOperatingSystemstableprovidesinformationaboutthebrowserssupportedon

variousclientoperatingsystems.

BrowserVersionsPerClientOperatingSystems

ForAdministratormanagementinterfacebrowsercompatibility,ref ertotheSonicWallSecureMobi leAccess

Administrationdocumentation.

NOTE:IfyourAdministratorhasRemediationenabled,thewarningmessage“AccessisdeniedbyGeoIP&

BotnetFilter ”displayswhenattemptingtoaccessingremotenetworkresources.Abrowserwindowis

automaticallyopenedtodisplayaCAPTCHApictureandentryfield.Youmustcompleteremediation

withinthespecifiedtimelimitbefor e

youcanlogin.RefertotheSonicWallSecureMobileAccess

Administrationdocumentationfordetails.

Browser OperatingSystem

InternetExplorer11 Windows7

InternetExplorer10 Windows10

InternetExplorer11 Windows10

MozillaFirefox(latestversion) WindowsVista

Windows7

Windows10

Linux

MacOSX

GoogleChrome(latestversion) WindowsVista

Windows7

Windows10

Linux

MacOS

X

AppleSafari(latestversion) MacOSX

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Below,theBrowserSupportForVirtualOfficeFeaturestableprovidesbrowserrequirementsforspecific 

featuresofVirtualOffice.

BrowserSupportForVirtualOfficeFeatures

ApplicationProxy

Features&Browser

Requirements

Windows7 Windows10 Linux MacOSX

NetExtender Browser

Independent

RDP5

VNC

Telnet

SSHv2

HTTP,HTTPS,FTP(Browser)

FileSharing(Browser)

FileSharing

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

VirtualAssistisfu llysupportedonWindowsplatforms.VirtualAssistiscertifiedtoworkonWindows7,and

WindowsVista.Limitedfunctionalityissuppor tedonMacOSwherecustomerscanrequestforassistance

throughweb‐requests.

Aboutcertificates

IftheSMA/SRAapplianceusesaself‐signedSSLcertificateforHTTPSauthentication,thenitisrecommendedto

installthecertificatebeforeestablishingaNetExtenderconnection.Ifyouareunsurewhetherthecertificateis

self‐signedorgeneratedbyatrustedrootCertificateAuthority,SonicWallrecommendsthatyouimportthe

certificate.

Theeasiestwaytoimp o rt thecertificateistoclickImportCertificateontheSystem>Certificates

page.

Ifthecertificateisnotissuedbyanauthorizedorganization,amessageisdisplayedwarningusersoftherisk.A

usercanthenviewdetailedinformationandchoosetocontinueorend

theconnection.

WhenusingthenetworklogonmethodfromtheWindowsloginscreen,NetExtenderusesSystemStorefor

certificate‐basedauthentication.WhentheuserisalreadyloggedintoWindows,NetExtenderusestheUser

Storeforcertificate‐basedauthentication.Auserwhowantstousethenetworklogonmethodwhencertificate

authenticationisalsoenabledshouldimporthisusercertificateintotheSystemStoreaswellasintotheUser

Store.

Citrix

VirtualAssist Browser

Independent

Browser

Independent

HTML5

(InternetExplorer11and

later)

NOTE:IfyouareusinganHTML5clientwithInternetExplorer,itmustbeIE11orlater.Earlierversionsof

InternetExplorerdonotsupportHTML5.

NOTE:NotallHTML5features(suchasAudioRedirect)aresupportedonInternetExplorerbecauseof

browserlimitations.

NOTE:Plug‐insmightnotbesupportedinFirefoxorChromebrowsers,becauseoftheremovalofNPAPI

support.TolaunchclientssuchasNetExtenderandVirtualAssist,downloadandopenthefilesmanually.

BrowserSupportForVirtualOfficeFeatures(Continued)

ApplicationProxy

Features&Browser

Requirements

Windows7 Windows10 Linux MacOSX

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

AbouttheVirtualOfficeWebInterface

YoucanaccesstheVirtualOfficeportalattheURLprovidedtoyoubyyournetworkadministrator.

TologintoVirtualOffice:

1Onyourworkstationatyourremotelocation,launchanapprovedbrowserandentertheIPaddressof

theVirtualOfficeportalintheLocationorAddressfield.Bydefault,thisisthedefaultLANIPaddressof

theSMA/SRAappliance,https://192.168.200.1.

2Asecuritywarningshouldappear.Clic kYestocontinue.

3The

SonicWallSecureMobileAccessloginpagedisplaysandpromptsyoutoenteryourusernameand

password.Tologinusingthedefaultadministratorcredentials,enteradminintheUserNamefield,

passwordinthePasswordfield,andselectadomainfromtheDomaindrop‐downlistandclickLogin.



OnlyLocalDomainallowsAdministratorprivileges.

ThedefaultpagedisplayedistheVirtualOfficehomepage.ThedefaultversionofthispageshowsaSonicWall

logo,althoughyourcompany’ssystemAdministratormighthavecustomizedthispagetocontainalogoandlook

andfeelofyourcompany.GototheAbout

VirtualOfficeonpage9tolearnmoreabouttheVirtualOfficehome

page.

FromtheVirtualOfficeportalhomepage,youcannotnavigatetotheAdministrator’senvironment.Ifyouhave

Administrator’sprivilegesandwanttoentertheAdministratorenvironment,youneedtogoback tothelogin

pageandenter

ausernameandpasswordthathaveAdministratorprivileges,andloginagainusingthe

LocalDomaindomain.OnlytheLocalDomainallowsAdministratoraccesstothemanagementinterface.Also

notethatthedomainisindependentoftheprivilegessetupfortheuser.

LogginginasausertakesyoudirectlytoVirtual

Office.TheVirtualOfficeHomepagedisplaysasshownhere.

NOTE:YourAdministratormighthavesetupanotherloginandpasswordforyouthathasonlyuser

privileges.

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

TheVirtualOfficecontentvariesbasedontheconfigurationofyournetworkadministrator.Somebookmarks

andservicesdescribedintheSonicWallSecureMobileAccessUserdocumentationmightnotbedisplayedwhen

youlogintotheSMA/SRAsecurityappliance.

TheVirtualOfficecancontainanyofthenodesdescribedinthe

VirtualOfficeNodeDescriptionstable.

VirtualOfficeNodeDescriptions

Node Description

FileShares ProvidesaccesstotheFileSharesutilitythatgivesremoteuserswithasecure

WebinterfaceaccesstoMicrosoftFileSharesusingtheCIFS(Common

InternetFileSystem)orSMB(ServerMessageBlock)protocols.UsingaWeb

interfacesimilarinstyle

toMicrosoft’sfamiliarNetworkNeighborhoodorMy

NetworkPlaces,FileSharesallowuserswithappropriatepermissionsto

browsenetworkshares,rename,delete,retrieve,anduploadfiles,andto

createbookmarksforlaterrecall.

NetExtender ProvidesaccesstotheNetExtenderutility,atransparentSSLVPNclientfor

WindowsorLinuxusersthatallows

youtorunany applicationsecurelyonthe

remotenetwork.ItactsasanIP‐levelmechanismprovidedbythevirtual

interfacethatnegotiatestheActiveXcomponent(onWindowswithIE),using

aPoint‐to‐PointProtocol(PPP)adapterinstance.Onnon‐Windowsplatforms,

Javacontrolsareusedtoautomatically

installNetExtenderfromtheVirtual

Officeportal.Afterinstallation,NetExtenderautomaticallylaunchesand

connectsavirtualadapterforSSLsecureNetExtenderpoint‐to‐pointaccessto

permittedhostsandsubnetsontheinternalnetwork.

SecureVirtualAssist ProvidesaccesstoVirtualAssist,aneasytousetoolthatallowsSonicWall

SecureMobile

Accessuserstoremotelysupportcustomersbytakingcontrol

oftheircomputerswhilethecustomerobserves.VirtualAssistisalightweight,

thinclientthatinstallsautomaticallyusingJavafromtheSecureMobileAccess

VirtualOfficewithoutrequiringtheinstallationofanyexternalsoftware.For

computersthatdonotsupportJava,Virtual

Assistcanbemanuallyinstalled

bydownloadinganexecutablefilefromtheVirtualOffice.

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

TheHomepageprovidescustomizedcontentandlinkstonetworkresources.TheHomePagemightcontain

supportcontactinformation,VPNinstructions ,companynews,ortechnicalupdates.

OnlyaWebbrowserisrequiredtoaccessintranetwebsites,FileShares,andFTPsites.VNC,andTelnetrequire

Java.SSHv2providestrongencryption,

requiresOracleJRE1.4oraboveandcanonlyconnecttoserversthat

supportSSHv2.Termi nalServicesrequiresJavaontheclientmachine.

AsexamplesoftasksyoucandoandenvironmentsyoucanreachthroughVirtualOffice,youcanconnectto:

• IntranetWeborHTTPSsites–Ifyour

organizationsupportsWeb‐basedemail,such asOutlookWeb

Access,youcanalsoaccessWeb‐basedemail

• TheentirenetworkbylaunchingtheNetExtenderclient

• FTPserversforuploadinganddownloadingfiles

• Thecorporatenetworkneighborhoodforfilesharing

• TelnetandSSHservers

• DesktopsanddesktopapplicationsusingTerminalServices

orVNC.

• EmailserversthroughtheNetExtenderclient.

TheAdministratordetermineswhatresourcesareavailabletousersfromtheSonicWallSecureMobileAccess

VirtualOffice.TheAdministratorcancreateuser,group,andglobalpoliciesthatdisableaccesstocertain

machinesorapplicationsonthecorporatenetwork.

TheAdministratormightalsodefine

bookmarks,orpreconfiguredlinks,toWebsitesorcomputersonthe

intranet.Additionalbookmarksmightbedefinedbytheenduser.

SonicWallNetExtenderisasoftwareapplicationthatenablesremoteuserstosecurelyconnecttotheremote

network.WithNetExtender,remoteuserscanvirtuallyjointheremotenetwork.Userscanmount

network

drives,uploadanddownloadfiles,andaccessresourcesinthesamewayasiftheywereonthelocalnetwork.

SecureVirtualMeeting ProvidesaccesstoVirtualMeetingthatallowsmultipleuserstoviewa

desktopandinteractivelyparticipateinameetingfromvirtuallyanywhere

withanInternetconnection.VirtualMeeting

issimilartotheone‐to‐one

desktopsharingprovidedbyVirtualAssistexceptmultipleuserscansharea

desktop.

SecureVirtualAccess(if

configuredbyAdministrator

VirtualAccessallowsTechnicianstogainaccesstosystemsoutsidetheLANof

theSMA/SRAappliance.Afterdownloadingandinstallingthethinclientfor

VirtualAccessmode,thesystemappearsonlyonthatTechnician’sVirtual

Assistsupportqueue,withintheSecureMobileAccessmanagement

interface.

AllBookmarks Providesalistofavailablebookmarkswhichareobjectsthatenableyouto

connecttoalocationorapplicationconvenientlyandquickly.

Downloads Providesalistofdownloadableclientsand

applications.

Options Providestheoptiontochangeuserpasswordandusesinglesign‐on,if

enabledbytheAdministrator.

Help LaunchesonlinehelpforVirtualOffice.

Tips/Help ProvidesashortlistofcommonquestionsandtipsabouttheVirtualOffice.

Logout LogsyououtoftheVirtualOfficeenvironment.

VirtualOfficeNodeDescriptions(Continued)

Node Description

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

LoggingOutoftheVirtualOffice

Toendyoursession,simplyreturntotheVirtualOfficehomepagefromwhereveryouarewithintheportaland

clickLogout.

WhenusingtheVirtualOfficewiththeadminusername,theLogoutbuttonisnotdisplayed.Thisisasecurity

measuretoensurethatAdministratorslogoutoftheadministrative

interface,andnottheVirtualOffice.

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

Part2

UsingSecureRemoteAccessFeatures

• UsingSecureMobileAccessConnectAgents

• UsingVirtualOfficeAuthentication

• UsingNetExtender

• UsingSecureVirtualAssistandVirtualMeeting

• UsingFileShares

• ManagingBookmarks

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

UsingSecureMobileAccessConnect

Agents

ThissectionprovidesdetailsonhowtousethefeaturesoftheSonicWallSecureMobileAccess(SMA)Connect

Agentsportal.

Topics:

• WhatistheSecureMobileAccessConnectAgent?onpage18

WhatistheSecureMobileAccessConnect

Agent?

TheBrowserPlug‐ins(NPAPI,ActiveX,andJavaApplet)areusedtolaunchnativeapplicationssuchasNet‐

Extender,VirtualAssist,EPCandsoon.Forsecurityreasons,popularbrowsersblockthesesPlug‐ins.The

Chromebrowser,forexample,hasdisabledallNPAPIPlug‐ins,andthenewestMicrosoftEdgebrowser

doesnot

supportActiveX.Assuch,theease‐of‐useabilityoflaunchingdirectlyfromthebrowserisnolongerfunctional,

andanewmethodforseamlesslaunchingisnecessary.

ThereisanotherapplicationtolaunchthatopensaspecificSchemeURL.TherearesomeSchemesalready

definedinthe

W indows/OSX,suchasmailto.TheSMAConnectAgentusestheSchemeURLtoreplacethe

BrowserPlug‐ins.TheSMAConnectAgentislikeabridgethatreceivestheSchemeURLrequestsandlaunches

thespecificnativeapplication.

TolaunchtheCitrixReceiverthroughaCitrixbookmark,youmust

firstinstalltheSMAConnectAgent.

Topics:

• SupportedOperatingSystemsonpage18

• DownloadingandInstallationonpage19

• SettinguptheSMAConnectAgentonpage20

SupportedOperatingSystems

TheSMAConnectAgentsupportsWindows(7,8,and10)aswellastheMacintosh(OSX)operatingsystems.

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

DownloadingandInstallation

OntheWelcomepage,thedownloadandinstallnotificationdisplayswhenyouneedtousetheEPCorPDA

features:

OnthePortalpage,thedownloadandinstallnotificationdisplayswhentheuserattemptstolaunch

Net‐Extender,VirtualAssist,VirtualMeeting,RDPBookmark(Native),orCitrixBookmark(Native):

• Download‐ClickDown load

todownloadandinstallSMAConnectAgent.Afterthat,userscanclick

Installedtotellthebrowserto'remember'thattheSMAConnectAgenthasbeeninstalled,orclick

ContinuejusttobypassthepageandlogintotheStoreFront.

• Installed‐thenotificationdoesnotappearagain.

•Continue‐closesthe

notificationandcontinuestheaction.

•[Details]‐opensawindowtointroducetheSMAConnectAgent.

Afterthedownloadiscomplete,itincludestheInstaller.TheWindowsinstallerisSMAConnectAgent.msi,

theMacintoshinstallerisSMAConnectAgent.dmg.TheWindowsinstallerneedsyourpermissiontoinstall,

theMacintoshinstallerguidesyoutoputtheSMA

ConnectAgentinthe/Applicationdirectory.

SonicWallSecureMobileAccess8.6UserGuide

SettinguptheSMAConnectAgent

ProxyConfiguration

SMAsupportsproxydeployment,whereallclientbrowsersareconfiguredtoredirecttoaproxyserver,butan

appliancesitsbetweentheclientbrowsersandtheproxyserver.AllSMAfeaturesaresupportedinthisscenario,

includingsupportingdomainexclusionswhenthedomainispartofavirtualhostingserver,or

insomecloud

deployments,whereinthesameserverIPcanbeusedbymultipledomains.

Additionally,typicaldatacenterserverfarmsarefrontedwithaloadbalancerand/orreverseSSLProxyto

offloadSSLprocessingontheservers.Foraloadbalancerfrontingtheserversanddoingdecryption,the

applianceusually

onlyseestheIPoftheloadbalancer,andtheloadbalancerdecryptsthecontentand

determinesthespecificservertoassignthisconnectionto.DPI‐SSLnowhasaglobalpolicyoptiontodisablean

IP‐basedexclusioncache.TheexclusionscontinuetoworkevenwhentheIP‐based

exclusioncacheisoff.The

SMAConnectAgentcansetuptheproxybyuser.

Therearefouroptionstosetup theproxyconfiguration:

•NoProxy‐Whennoproxyserverisconfigured,IPv6 attributesarediscarded.

•Usesystemproxysettings‐

•Manualproxyconfiguration‐

•AutomaticproxyconfigurationURL‐

Logs

ThereisaLogtrayonthesystemtoolbar.Youcanright‐clickthetrayandselectthepopupmenutoviewthe

logs.

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