SonicWALL SMA - Providing Access to Web Resources; Defining Specific Web Resources

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ProvidingAccesstoWebResources
WebresourcesareapplicationsorservicesthatrunovertheHTTPorHT TPSprotocols,suchasMicrosoft
OutlookWebAccessoracorporateintranet.Thereareseveralwaystogiveusersaccesstotheseresources—
choosethemethodthatisappropriateforyourvariousaudiences.Forexample,youcangivebusiness
partners
narrowaccesstoaWebapplicationbyspecifyingaparticularURLinyourresourcedefini tion.Employeesare
grantedbroaderaccessifyoudefinethedomaininwhichthatWebapplicationislocatedasaresource.
Topics:
• DefiningSpecificWebResourcesonpage41
• WebResourcesonaPortionofYourNetworkonpage41
• AllWebResourcesonYourNetworkonpage41
DefiningSpecificWebResources
ToprovideuseraccesstoaspecificWebapplicationorotherWebresource:
1DefineaURLresourceontheAdd/EditResourcepage.
2CreateanaccesscontrolrulereferencingtheURLontheAdd/EditAccessRulepage.
3AddaWebshortcuttoWorkPlaceontheWorkPlaceShortcutspage.
WebResourcesonaPortionofYourNetwork
ToprovideuseraccesstoanyWebresourceonagivenportionofyournetwork:
1Definearesource(suchasasubnet orIPaddressrange)fortheportionofthenetworkcontainingthe
WebresourcesontheAdd/EditResourcepage.
2CreatearulereferencingthenetworkobjectontheAdd/EditAccessRulepage.
3InstructyouruserstotypethehostnameorURLforany
WebresourcesintheIntranetAddressboxon
WorkPlace.
AllWebResourcesonYourNetwork
ToprovideuseraccesstoalltheWebresourcesonyournetwork:
1Definearesource(suchasadomain)forall internalDNSdomains ontheAdd/EditResourcepage.
2CreatearulereferencingthenetworkobjectontheAdd/EditAccessRulepage.
3InstructuserstotypethehostnameorURLforanyWebresourcesintheIntranetAddressboxon
WorkPlace.
Web‐BasedFileAccesstoEntireNetworks
ToprovideWeb‐basedaccesstoallthefilesystemresourceswithinadomain:
1DefinearesourcereferencingyourWindowsdomainontheAdd/EditResourcepage.
2CreatearulereferencingthedomainontheAdd/EditAccessRulepage.