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01Zero_Cr_83981
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Jun 22, 2008

Passwordless Webtop

Hello everyone.

 

 

I would like to know if there is any way to provide access to the firepass

 

webtop using a virtual host where the once the users point the host on their

 

browser they would be taken directly to the webtop where they will only have one

 

web application available.

 

 

The reason for this setup is to provide access to retired employees who have access to a specific page.

 

 

Currently our customer has this functionality with another product and they will like to do the same with the Firepass.

 

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
remote access
security

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    mal_57091
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    Jun 23, 2008
    Hi,

     

     

    I don't believe so. All resources presented by FirePass must first be authenticated (i believe with the exception of ActiveSync). You could always enable WebDAV and publish the content straight onto the FirePass (treat it like a web server) but this won't present an internal application externally like you would get with FirePass portal access.

     

     

    Another option might be to have a link to the FirePass off your web page and have your webpage automatically POST the credentials to FirePass (so that your users don't have to enter them in). For example, on your web page you cold have a link saying "Retired Employees Click Here" and this page can have some code like:

     

     

    method="POST" name="form1" action="https://your.firepass.name/my.activation.php3" target="_blank">

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Obviously change your.firepass.name to what is your FirePass FQDN and setup an account like retireduser/retireduser and you should be away with a pretty sweet solution. If you wanted to add some icing to the cake you could setup a dedicated Master Group for this user and then use the Intranet WebTop feature of FirePass (Portal Access : Web Applications : Intranet WebTop) by enabling it just for this Master Group and then configuring it straight to the internal URL of your web app.

     

     

    So when they click on the link off your page not only will it automatically log them into FirePass but it will automatically bring up the web app without first showing them the FirePass WebTop.

     

     

    Hope this helps you.

     

     

    Mal