Officially there are no SSL-VPN clients for ChromeOS from Sonicwall. A little research will also reveal that Java is not available for Chrome / Chrome OS either. And ActiveX on anything other than Windows Internet Explorer is well .. right out.
So what is a poor little Chromebook to do to get SSL-VPN access to RDP on their Windows PC/RDS Server at work?
Turn on the old L2TP VPN on their Sonicwall and then configure their Chromebook to connect using L2TP with PSK?
But why go back in time when you can go forward?
It turns out that since Sonicwall now supports HTML5 options in their SSL-VPN Bookmark services that another option presents itself:
Use the Terminal Services (RDP - HTML5) service under a SSL-VPN Bookmark
Recently, I was able to setup and successfully test a Remote Desktop session from a Chromebook across Sonicwall SSL-VPN using the Terminal Services (RDP - HTML5) service under a SSL-VPN Bookmark -
You're welcome GoogleFanBoys!
... now you can continue to work on melding your minds with the AI hive master mind and get your consciousness transferred into your robot bodies... Fear the "Google" - Robot Overlord
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