User Manual Part 1

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Accessing the Safe@Office Portal Remotely Using HTTPS
Chapter 4: Getting Started 77
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.