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Chapter 37 Configuring Clientless SSL VPN
Stopping Application Access Improperly
When Application Access terminates abnormally, the
VPN-customized state. Clientless SSL VPN checks the state the next time you start Application Access
by searching for a hosts.webvpn file. If it finds one, a
(Figure
Once you shut down Application Access improperly, you leave your remote access client/server
applications in limbo. If you try to start these applications without using clientless SSL VPN, they might
malfunction. You might find that hosts that you normally connect to are unavailable. This situation could
commonly occur if you run applications remotely from home, fail to quit the Application Access window
before shutting down the computer, then try to run the applications later from the office.
Reconfiguring a hosts File Automatically Using Clientless SSL VPN
If you are able to connect to your remote access server, follow these steps to reconfigure the hosts file
and reenable both Application Access and the applications.
Step 1 Start clientless SSL VPN and log in. The home page opens.
Click the Applications Access link. A
Step 2
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Choose one of the following options:
Step 3
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Backup HOSTS File Found Message
Restore from backup—Clientless SSL VPN forces a proper shutdown. It copies the hosts.webvpn
backup file to the file, restoring it to its original state, then deletes hosts.webvpn. You then
hosts
have to restart Application Access.
Do nothing—Application Access does not start. The remote access home page reappears.
Delete backup—Clientless SSL VPN deletes the hosts.webvpn file, leaving the hosts file in its
clientless SSL VPN-customized state. The original
then starts, using the clientless SSL VPN-customized hosts file as the new original. Choose this
option only if you are unconcerned about losing hosts file settings. If you or a program you use
might have edited the hosts file after Application Access has shut down improperly, choose one of
the other options, or edit the hosts file manually. (See
file remains in a clientless SSL
hosts
Backup HOSTS File Found
Backup HOSTS File Found
file settings are lost. Application Access
hosts
"Reconfiguring hosts File
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error message
message appears. (See Figure
Manually.")
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