How Juniper Secure Connect Works

Read this topic to learn how Juniper Secure Connect works.

Before you get started with Juniper Secure Connect, let's understand how Juniper Secure Connect solution works.

The steps to connect Juniper Secure Connect application with an SRX Series Firewall are as follows:

1. A remote user downloads the Juniper Secure Connect application on a smart phone or a laptop. Alternatively, the administrator distributes it by the organization's software distribution system.

2. The remote user enters the gateway address in the URL: https://<srx_gtw_ip_or_dns_name>.

   For example, https://demo.example.com/sslvpn.

3. When the user initiates a connection, the application validates whether the gateway certificate is valid.

4. Before authenticating, the SRX Series Firewall validates the status of the connecting client device based on the match criteria configured by your administrator.

5. SRX Series Firewall authenticates the user based on credentials (user name, password, and domain) or certificates.

6. After a successful authentication, the client device downloads and installs the latest configuration policy defined on the SRX Series Firewall. This step ensures that the client always uses the latest configuration policy defined by your administrator. All the required configurations are downloaded automatically over a secure and encrypted channel when you connect.

7. The client establishes a secure VPN connection based on downloaded configuration profile.

Now that you know how the solution works, let's get started with Juniper Secure Connect.