How do I Create an SSL VPN on a Check Point Gateway ?

Below shows you the steps in order to create an SSL VPN on a Check Point Gateway :

Create a new network object. This will be used as the remote users IP address. Name this “net_office-mode-IPs”
Within the Check Point Object under Tolopogy > VPN Domain add your local domain.
Within the Check Point Object under Remote Access make the following changes : Enable Support Vistor Mode
Within the Check Point Object under Office Mode – Select “Allow Office Mode to all users”. Add this new network object under Manual (Allocate IP address from Network)
Within the Check Point Object Under Client VPN – Tick Support Clientless VPN. Under Certificate for gateway authentication select ICA_CERT.
Within the Check Point Object under SSL Clients – Tick the SSL Network Extender and select the ICA_CERT as the The gateway authenticates with this certificate.
Within the VPN community Tab under your Remote Access community. Add your Gateway as a paricipating gateway.
Within the Users Tab create your users and add these to a new user group.
Create a Rule for to allow access from your usergroups to your internal hosts (local encryption domain) and select your Remote Access Community.

Please Note :

The user will now be able to connect to your gateway via your web browser on port 443. Enter https://[gateway ip] into your browser.
- You will need to enusre that enusre your SPLAT WebUI or your IPSO Yoyger is listening on another port other the tcp/443.

Rick Donato is a Network Automation Architect/Evangelist and the founder of Packet Coders.

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