Untangle Remote Access Portal

Remote Access Portal (RAP) is one of two solutions Untangle offers to enable secure, remote access to your network. Because RAP works from a regular browser, we call it our “anytime, anywhere” access product.

It can be set-up to provide access to desktops, Web-based applications, email and file sharing from home, hotels, kiosks, customer sites, etc. It is also great for partner and customer access requirements.

RAP belongs to a technology category called “SSL VPN” or “application-level VPN.” Clientless (browser-based) SSL VPNs have grown in popularity because of their ease of use and granular access controls. They also provide very reliable connections because RAP looks like an application to the network rather than a network element. By using application-level protocols, it traverses Network Address Translation (NAT), firewalls, and proxy servers making it easier to connect from anywhere.

Key Features:

• Easy to configure with no client installation needed
• Group and user policies
• Granular access control
• Active/Inactive flag for all users
• Event log and reports capture network usage

Remote Access Portal Technical Specifications

Remote Access Portal, a clientless SSL VPN, provides secure, remote access to a company's network. The Remote Access Portal provides a web portal for remote users access internal network resources such as the following:

• Emai
• Network file shares
• Web servers
• Desktops

You do not need to install software on the clients. Your users can access resources through a list of bookmarks and applications from the home portal. Add user logins to the Portal by doing one of the following:

• Add users manually to the Local LDAP Server and Remote Access Portal
• Point your Untangle Server to an Active Directory server

Under The Hood:

Unlike most other VPN protocols, SSL runs on the application level (user space), enabling a highly secure and reliable connection without the implementation complexities that are inherent in VPN protocols that use the network level.

The key to this user-space implementation is a tun/tap virtual network adapter. A tun adapter is a simulated point-to-point link, like a T-1, while a tap adapter simulates ethernet.

In a nutshell, SSL encapsulates IP in UDP. IP packets sent from a tun or tap virtual network adapter are encrypted and encapsulated onto a UDP connection, and sent to a remote host over the Internet. The remote host decrypts, authenticates, and de-encapsulates the IP packets using a tun/tap virtual adapter.

A user-space VPN model links a local tun/tap virtual adapter with a remote tun/tap virtual adapter, just as other VPN protocols use hardware adapters. When the connection is forwarded over SSH, a secure port forwarding tool, the VPN connection is very secure.

What It Does:

Provides a clientless SSL VPN portal to you network

How It Does It:

Uses numerous open source and custom Untangle technologies

Controls:

• Can be configured for on-demand account creation from the user directory
• Complete user and group administration features
• You can decide what network resource links are displayed on the default home page for each group
• Users can customize their unique home page links

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