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Network Places
Network places are another vital tool against defending unwarranted access to the corporate network.
By configuring a network place in the Barracuda SSL VPN, this allows a user to securely access the
company network without compromising the integrity of the network. This chapter covers the basics of
network places and moves right through to managing these resources.
By the end of this chapter the reader should have a firm grasp on network places and how best to use
them in particular the means in which a simple network forward can be integrated into a user’s familiar
Microsoft Windows environment.
What is a Network Place?
A network place is a versatile resource that provides remote users with a secure Web interface to the
corporate network. A remote user can browse network shares, rename, delete, retrieve and even upload
files just as if he or she was connected in the office connected to the network.
In particular network places provide remote users that have appropriate permissions to browse
Microsoft Windows file shares, SAMBA file systems configured on UNIX and even FTP or SFTP file
systems. In addition network places also provide support for Web folders and the Windows Explorer
Drive Mapping feature.
Web Folders
Web Folders is a Web authoring component that is included with Internet Explorer 5. It enables the
management of files on a WebDAV server by using a familiar Windows Explorer interface.
WebDAV is a protocol that extends HTTP to define how basic file functions such as copy, move,
delete, and create folder are performed over the internet. Using a WebDAV client as Web folders a
remote user can access the company network through the standard Windows Explorer interface
without actually needing to log into the Barracuda SSL VPN.