Section 1: Course Introduction
Section 2: Introduction and Architectural Overview: includes top-level information about SSL VPNs, the different appliance models, and an overview on the SonicWALL Aventail Management Console (AMC), WorkPlace, mobility, end point control, certificates, and firewall policies.
Section 3: General and Network, Settings: includes creating administrator accounts and roles, managing product licensing, network configurations, DNS settings, gateway routing, and the process of creatingand installing SSL, certificates and CA certificates.
Section 4: Authentication Servers: includes setting up Active Directory, LDAP, RADIUS, and Public Key Infrastructure authentication servers, as well as defining advanced settings such as Active Directory and LDAP over SSL, password management, NTLM authentication forwardingm and using customized prompts.
Section 5: User Management: includes setting up realms and using chained authentication, creating references to users and groups (including using dynamic groups and nested groups), and defining communities for group organization.
Section 6: Resources and Access Control Rules: includes defining different resource types and creating resources within AMC. In addition, access control rules are covered in detail, including defining different connection types and both basic and advanced access control rule settings.
Section 7: End Point Control: includes an overview of using end point control for data and network protection, using Standard, Quarantine, and Deny zones to classify a user's end point and creating deviceprofiles to define the attributes of a zone (including device watermarking). Also, data protection agents are covered, including SonicEALL Aventail Cache Control and SonicWALL Aventail Secure Desktop as well as client integrity agents, including a virtual keyboard.
Section 8: Workplace Portal: includes using the Workplace protal for creating personalized user access to resources, customizing WorkPlace sites and using multiple Workplace site certificates, creating and modifying WorkPlaceshortcuts including graphical terminal shortcuts and support for Citrix farms.
Section 9: Access Methods: includes configuring access methods for both managed and non-managed devices, mobile devices, and for access to Web applications, client/server applications, and full network access. Included in this section is using static, dynamic, and secure NAT IP address pools for tunnel clients, configuring auto-updating for Connect Tunnel clients, and post-connection scripting for all tunnel clients.
Section 10: System Administration: includes performing basic maintenance in AMC, such as shutting down and upgrading the appliance, as well as backups and restores through the command-line utilities and the UI. In addition, working with system log files and monitoring tools, and capturing network traffic is covered. A checklist of security best practies is also covered.