Providing your mobile workers with a solution that gives them remote access to mission-critical resources on the corporate network is crucial to your company's success. While they want a solution that's reliable and easy to use, you need one that's absolutely secure, extremely flexible and simple to manage. Now there's a solution that meets everyone's needs - the SonicWALL Global VPN Client.


With the SonicWALL Global VPN Client, your mobile and remote users have a simple, easy-to-use solution for securely accessing the corporate network. The SonicWALL Global VPN Client software provides mobile users with secure, reliable access to corporate resources through broadband, wireless and dial-up connections. Establishing a connection to the corporate network couldn't be easier. Just enter in a domain name or IP address. The VPN configuration information is automatically downloaded from the SonicWALL VPN gateway and the connection is enabled. It's that simple.


Custom-developed by SonicWALL, the Global VPN Client has been specifically engineered to take advantage of the features and benefits of SonicWALL's third-generation and higher Internet security appliances, adding greater value to SonicWALL's remote access solutions. The Global VPN Client uses innovative SonicWALL technology to deliver tighter integration for greater ease of use and manageability. SonicWALL's Global VPN Client provides cost-effective, secure access for mobile users from any location, using any Internet connection, over any IP network environment.

SonicWALL Global VPN Client System Requirements
SonicWALL Platform

Requires third or fourth-generation SonicWALL VPN gateway with firmware version 6.4.2 or higher or SonicOS 1.0 or higher.

Desktops and Laptops: Hardware

IBM-compatible computer with an Intel Pentium (or equivalent) processor, 32 MB hard disk space, 32 MB RAM for Windows 98 Se, Me, 64 MB RAM for Windows NT, 128 MB RAM for Windows 2000, XP, Ethernet network interface card with NDIS-compliant driver and/or dial-up adapter (internal or external modem, ISDN adapter) or Wireless LAN.

Desktops and Laptops: Operating System

Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Me, NT 4.0, 2000 Professional (requires SP3), XP Professional, XPE, XP Home Edition operating system.

Handheld Devices

Microsoft Pocket PC 2003

IPSec Modes

ESP (Encapsulated Security Payload)

Encryption Algorithms

DES (56-bit)

3DES (168-bit)

AES (256-bit)
Data Integrity

MD5

SHA-1
Authentication and Key Management

Internet Key Exchange (IKE)

User Authentication

RADIUS with XAUTH

RSA SecurID

VeriSign

Entrust

PKI (X.509)

IKE/ISAKMP
Standards and RFCs Supported

ESP Tunnel mode

IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley)Internet Key Exchange(RFC2407-2409)

NAT-Transversal(IETF drafts)

X.509 v3 certificates(RFC2459)

SCEPSimple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (IETF)

PKCS #7Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard (RFC2315)

PKCS #12Personal Information Exchange Syntax Standard

FIPS Pub 46-1Data Encryption Standard

FIPS Pub 180-1Secure Hash Standard