Secure Mobile Access 12.4 Deployment Guide
- Secure Mobile Access
- About this Guide
- About SonicWall Secure Mobile Access
- Planning Your VPN
- Common VPN Configurations
- About the Configurations
- Deployment Scenario: Remote Access for Employees and Partners
- Customizing WorkPlace
- Testing the Deployment Scenario
- Other Remote Access VPN Scenarios
- Additional Partner VPN Scenarios
- End Point Control Scenarios
- Access Policy Scenarios
- Application-Specific Scenarios
- Authentication Scenarios
- Access Component Provisioning
- SonicWall Support
End Point Control (EPC)
Traditional VPN solutions typically provide access only from the relative safety of an IT-managed device. In that environment, the major security concern is unauthorized network access. Because an SSL VPN enables access from any Web-enabled system, it may bring the additional risk of computers in untrusted environments, such as a kiosk at an airport or hotel, or an employee-owned computer.
The appliance’s EPC configuration options give you granular control over VPN access using profiles and zones to protect sensitive data and ensure that your network is not compromised:
- A Device Profile is a set of attributes that characterize the device requesting the connection, such as a Windows domain name, the presence of a certain software program, a registry entry, or other unique characteristics.
- An End Point Control Zone classifies a connection request based on the presence or absence of a device profile. The zone in which a device can be used to determine which resources are available. A device can be placed in a Standard zone, a Quarantine zone (with instructions on installing the required security programs), or in a Deny zone, where the user is denied access to the network.
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