Finally a Decent IVE Book!

[joepope_]

I just received the new book "Juniper Networks Secure Access SSL VPN Configuration Guide" today and it is well worth the price if you need help setting up your IVE. Finally I can understand Secure Virtual Workspace and Citrix! Really a useful reference book.

I got mine from Amazon for $51.00 and free shipping.

Here is the info if you want a copy:

Publisher = Syngress

Author = Neil Wyler

ISBN 13 = 978-1-59749-200-3

List Price = $59.95 (cheap on the net!)

(funny, Syngress does NOT have it on their web site!!)

[cgalla_]

Does this book have a good explanation for setting up secure meeting?

[joepope_]

No, there is only some basic mention of Secure Meeting, the scheduler and sign-in pages. Sorry!

[Neil_]

Thanks for the kudos Joe, I appreciate it. If we're lacking in the Secure Meeting coverage we'll have to beef it up when we do a Second Edition in the future. Any and all feedback is appreciated.

Message Edited by Neil on 02-29-2008 04:56 PM

[morpheuss_]

I was not impressed at all with this book, way too basic, I expected something more indepth, like advanced custom login pages, custom attribute usage, etc. I returned mine to Amazon and got my money back

[kenlars_]

I think this book does a good job of explaining the first 60-70% of what you have to know to be a competent network engineer on the Juniper SA gear. I recommend it to my L2 staff for just that. You have to admit it beats the manuals, which seem to assume you already know what you want to configure, and the only goal is to tell you on which screen to do it.

I'd agree that the book does not get to advanced topics. Personally, I think Juniper falls down here - these should be on the support site. There are a number of documents there on specific configuration or troubleshooting topics, but Juniper does not appear to be committed to making sure they are up-to-date. And there could be a lot more - just as you said, a tutorial on custom sign-in pages would be very welcome.

I describe the Juniper SA as the "Swiss army knife" of networking. It would be really useful to have documentation on what cool stuff you could do with each blade.

[icebun007_]

Hey Neil,

I now have this book and I think it's a great read.

Keep up the good work!