Blue Coat RA appliances allow organizations
to extend rich application connectivity with integrated endpoint
security to remote employees, partners and customers. A single
solution for both corporate-owned and unmanaged devices, Blue
Coat RA appliances leverage the industry’s
only application-independent proxy architecture and patent-pending
Connector technology to provide:
- On-demand access to Web and non-Web applications without
the installation of VPN client software
- Comprehensive support for unmanaged endpoints (such as partner
desktops and home PCs) without ever requiring local admin rights
and including features to block inadvertent or malicious information
leakage
- Integrated endpoint security services, such as host integrity
checking and automatic spyware identification and suppression
Unlike traditional SSL VPNs that require
port forwarding and network-layer clients to support many mission-critical
enterprise applications, Blue Coat RA utilizes the Blue Coat
RA Connector to provide a single access mode for Web and non-Web
applications. The RA Connector, which is completely transient
(nothing to install or uninstall), never requires local admin
rights or a system reboot. And, because it’s designed
to be application independent, the RA Connector delivers on
demand connectivity to all TCP and UDP applications that meet
the following four conditions:
- Application client initiates communication (e.g., Outlook
contacting Exchange)
- Application client can be launched (or re-launched) after
RA Connector has loaded.
- Application must be running in user’s
environment (e.g., not a system service)
- Application cannot access internal file shares via drive
mapping or UNC specification (such as S:\filename or \\server\filename)
If the application (Web or non-Web, off-the-shelf or proprietary,
new or legacy) meets these conditions, RA will support it. No
client software. No admin rights.
Blue Coat RA represents the next generation
of SSL VPNs that provides a single mode solution with integrated
endpoint security and information protection features. With
Blue Coat RA, extending access to all endpoints – such as providing Web mail access
from home PCs – without concerns about endpoint attacks,
data theft or inadvertent information leakage is simple and easy.
