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Clientless Access vs Clientless Users

Berkleigh

Can anyone explain the difference between "Clientless Access" and "Clientless Users"? My initial thought was that the two were related given their similar nomenclature, however, now that I have used "Clientless Access", which on the UTM 9 was simply known as HTML5 VPN, it appears they are two distinct and unrelated features.



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    As you say, "Clientless Access" refers to access to network resources without requiring a VPN client and instead using a Browser for access. So clientless in that context means "no VPN client". This is setup under System > VPN.

    "Clientless Users" are really devices on the network that are not running an authentication client (or using some other authentication mechanism). So clientless in that context means "no authentication client". This is setup via Objects > Identity. For example, on my home XG Firewall, I run authentication clients on all the computers in the house, but designate mobile devices as clientless users which associates user names with device IP addresses enabling me to apply user based policy to those devices.
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    As you say, "Clientless Access" refers to access to network resources without requiring a VPN client and instead using a Browser for access. So clientless in that context means "no VPN client". This is setup under System > VPN.

    "Clientless Users" are really devices on the network that are not running an authentication client (or using some other authentication mechanism). So clientless in that context means "no authentication client". This is setup via Objects > Identity. For example, on my home XG Firewall, I run authentication clients on all the computers in the house, but designate mobile devices as clientless users which associates user names with device IP addresses enabling me to apply user based policy to those devices.
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