User Manual Part 1
Table Of Contents
- Check Point Safe@Office User Guide 8.0
- Copyright & Trademarks
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Introduction
- About Your Check Point Safe@Office Appliance
- Safe@Office 500 Product Family
- Product Features
- Wireless Features
- Optional Security Services
- Software Requirements
- Getting to Know Your Safe@Office 500 Appliance
- Getting to Know Your Safe@Office 500W Appliance
- Getting to Know Your Safe@Office 500 ADSL Appliance
- Getting to Know Your Safe@Office 500W ADSL Appliance
- Contacting Technical Support
- Safe@Office Security
- Installing and Setting Up Safe@Office
- Getting Started
- Configuring the Internet Connection
- Managing Your Network
- Using Bridges
- Configuring High Availability
- Using Traffic Shaper
- Working with Wireless Networks
- Viewing Reports
- Viewing Logs
- Setting Your Security Policy
Accessing the Safe@Office Portal Remotely Using HTTPS
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Accessing the Safe@Office Portal Remotely Using
HTTPS
You can access the Safe@Office Portal remotely (from the Internet) through HTTPS.
HTTPS is a protocol for accessing a secure Web server. It is used to transfer confidential
user information. If desired, you can also use HTTPS to access the Safe@Office Portal
from your internal network.
Note: In order to access the Safe@Office Portal remotely using HTTPS, you must
first do both of the following:
• Configure your password, using HTTP. See Initial Login to the
Safe@Office Portal on page 71.
• Confi
gure HTTPS Remote Access. See Configuring HTTPS on page
691.
Note: Your browser must support 128-bit cipher strength. To check your browser's
cipher strength, open Internet Explorer and click Help > About Internet Explorer.
To access the Safe@Office Portal from your internal network
• Browse to https://my.firewall.
(Note that the URL starts with “https”, not “http”.)
The Safe@Office Portal appears.
To access the Safe@Office Portal from the Internet
• Browse to https://<firewall_IP_address>:981.
(Note that the URL starts with “https”, not “http”.)
The following things happen in the order below:
If this is your first attempt to access the Safe@Office Portal through HTTPS, the
certificate in the Safe@Office appliance is not yet known to the browser, so the
Security Alert dialog box appears.