Cisco Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 7600 Series WebVPN Services Module Hoja De Datos
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WebVPN Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers
Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The Cisco
®
WebVPN Services Module (Figure 1) is a high-speed, integrated Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) VPN services module for Cisco Catalyst
®
6500 Series switches and Cisco 7600
Series routers, complementing the existing capabilities in the Cisco portfolio of remote-access
products.
Figure 1. The Cisco WebVPN Services Module
Today’s increasingly sophisticated and mobile workforces are demanding remote access from
multiple fixed and wireless devices, and want access as if they were on their local corporate
networks. SSL VPNs offer users the benefit of “anywhere access.” Because SSL is included in
standard browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape, SSL VPNs offer the possibility of
a clientless solution. Users can access their applications from anywhere they have Internet
access: from an airport kiosk, from another person’s computer, or even using a wireless device.
SSL VPNs also work over broadband networks. In addition, SSL VPNs can successfully traverse
firewalls and can handle network address translation (NAT) issues, which can be problematic with
IP Security (IPsec)-based VPNs.
With the Cisco WebVPN Services Module based on SSL VPN technology, salespeople can
download corporate customer relationship management data from the field. Manufacturing plant
managers can track inventories and place orders before supplies reach critically low levels.
Doctors can transmit prescription authorization from the bedside of a patient. Shop-floor managers
at manufacturing firms can place on-the-spot orders.
The Cisco WebVPN Services Module provides easy access to a broad range of Web resources
and Web-enabled applications, from almost any computer that can reach Secure HTTP (HTTPS)
Internet sites. The module uses the SSL protocol and its successor, Transport Layer Security
(TLS), to provide a secure connection between remote users and specific, supported internal
resources that are configured at a central site.
The Cisco WebVPN Services Module delivers clientless, thin-client, and SSL tunneling client
access methods, enabling the appropriate level of application access based on the end-system
deployment environment, such as employees, extranets, and non-company-managed devices.
With the SSL VPN Client for WebVPN, Cisco delivers a lightweight, centrally configured, easy-to-