Specifications

Profiles

Profiles configure the general working environment for a user. The system provides two areas of

control and they are the session and Barracuda SSL VPN Agent properties. This chapter covers all that

is needed to use and manage profiles from creating to configuring them.

The sections covered in this chapter are:

• What is a Profile?

• Profiles Interface

• Creating a New Profile

• Editing Profile Parameters

• Editing a Profile Description

• Deleting a Profile

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What is a Profile?

Simply a profile provides a means for an administrator or user to alter the general working

environment of the system. Modification is encapsulated into two distinct areas those that affect a

session and those that affect the Barracuda SSL VPN Agent.

The Barracuda SSL VPN Agent is an applet that tunnels data from insecure applications. The Agent

intercepts the data and encrypts transmission. The SSL VPN Agent is mainly used by resources as SSL

tunnels and Web Forwards.

The session parameters affect how the active session behaves and includes such things as session

inactivity timeout which defines how long a user can sit idle before being automatically logged out.

Profiles can be accessed and configured by both the administrator and the user, however only the user

can configure the system default profile. Users themselves - if given the permission to do so - can

create and manage their own profiles.

Profiles are a great way for users to configure an environment based upon where they are accessing the

system from. For example a user might configure a ‘home’ profile which is configured for use when

working from home. Another might be to create a profile called ‘On-site’ which could be used for

when the user is on a customer site.

Profiles Interface

The main profiles page lists the currently configured profiles. This page is located under Management

Console > Resources > Profiles.

The main page details which policy a profile is associated with.