Something relatively recent that makes the lack of 64-bit support much more 
palatable is the new Essentials license.  It needs 8.2 code, but for short 
money it gives you AnyConnect client only SSL VPN support for the max number of 
tunnels supported by the box.  It restores the cost/benefit of the old IPSec 
client.

Beyond that, to add to what Justin said, nothing fancy, it pretty much works, 
similar to the old IPSec client.  I tend to stay away from the clientless and 
Java client stuff, just stick to the AnyConnect.

Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin M. Streiner
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cisco SSL VPN?

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Charles Mills wrote:

> Anyone currently (successfully) using the SSL VPN on an ASA box (5520 or 
> above)?
>
> I'm in uncharted territory with this feature and not sure if it is
> worth going down this route.

I've deployed it for a client and it seems to work pretty well, though as
far as I know they're not doing anything terribly exotic.

One important gotcha:
The SSL VPN connections are licensed independently from IPSEC connections.
The base license allows for only two concurrent connections at least on
the smaller ASAs, so you might need to purchase a license upgrade if you
want to roll it out on a larger scale.  If you do a "show version" on the
ASA, the number of WebVPN peers is the number you need to know.

Cisco has made it clear that they're moving in this direction, as they
don't seem to be putting much new development effort into the IPSEC client
- it doesn't support 64-bit OSen, and I doubt they'll spin many cycles
testing Windows 7, etc...  They seem to want people to move to the
AnyConnect (SSL VPN) model.

jms
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