Specifications

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Windows Explorer Drive Mapping
This feature adds the ability for a user to create a network place and assign it a drive letter when using
Microsoft Windows 2000 or later.
The effect of this is that once the Barracuda SSL VPN Agent is running the drive becomes available
under the user's Windows Explorer and like any other drive listed in Windows Explorer this drive can
be accessed and any content accessible for the lifetime of the Agent.
How does this differ from WebDAV?
WebDAV is limited to what file types it can support, certain files require specific WebDAV support
added to them in order to be accessed while others are not accessible at all. With the drive mapping
feature, any file can be accessed, modified and saved as long as it supports random access can be
accessed and are fully modifiable.
Not only that but WebDAV supports only local buffering, any file needing to be edited WebDAV will
download a local copy and it is this copy that is edited. Once editing is complete WebDAV uploads
this back to the server. With the drive mapping feature any file can be edited in the traditional local
buffered mode or also via streaming mode where the file is edited directly from the source.