Re: Juniper SSL VPN Training Recommendations

[Razi Ahmad <razi.ahmad () STERN NYU EDU>]

Hi Kevin,

I think it depends to some degree on which features you use on the VPN. We're using the Network Connect client on two 
appliances - one SA2500 and one SA4500 - and I've found that it works pretty well on Linux (I haven't tried it on any 
BSD variants unless you consider Snow Leopard as such) provided that there's a usable JVM installed. The only operating 
system we've really had any difficulties with is Snow Leopard and that's mainly due to the changes that Apple 
introduces to their proprietary JVM from time to time in their updates.

Also, just to touch on the original question, we didn't opt for any training when we purchased our appliances and as it 
turns, we didn't really need it. We were able to do everything we needed to do using the "Juniper Networks Secure 
Access SSL VPN Configuration Guide" book from Syngress Press as our guide.

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Razi Ahmad 
Network Infrastructure and Security Team Lead
Enterprise Operations and Solutions, Information Technology 
NYU Stern School of Business 
212-998-0172 
razi.ahmad () stern nyu edu 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Wilcox" <wilcoxkm () APPSTATE EDU>
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 6:01:52 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Juniper SSL VPN Training Recommendations

On 12 February 2010 17:40, Julian Y. Koh <kohster () northwestern edu> wrote:

>  Indeed,
> the ease of setup and use was one of the major reasons why we picked
> Juniper over its competitors in our eval.

Is this the case for all platforms? My management machines (or
machines I'd connect to the campus network from a remote location via
VPN)  run FreeBSD or OpenBSD and I've found most vendors tend to
forget about the Unix portion of their customer base, I'm curious if
Juniper has done the same?

kmw

-- 
Kevin Wilcox
Network Infrastructure and Control Systems
Appalachian State University
Email: wilcoxkm () appstate edu
Office: 828.262.6259