Juniper Secure Access SSL VPN Appliances - Software Release 6.5R2

[Michael McNamara]

I posted yesterday on my blog that Juniper has released 6.5R2 for the Secure Access SSL VPN Appliances.

I'm curious if anyone has installed 6.5R2 and has any feedback.

I installed 6.5R1 because I had a lot of Windows Vista 64-bit users that were clamoring for the Juniper Windows Secure Application Manager (WSAM) support. While 6.5R1 solved that problem it brought with it a lot more problems including a blue screen of death (BSOD) for Norton 360 users.

Cheers!

[Michael McNamara]

We finally deployed 6.5R2 last week and it has been an outstanding success.

In the week since the upgrade we've only received a handful of support calls in which we were able to quickly walk the user through the difficulties they were experiencing.

We now have ~ 700 clients running Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 64-bit using a combination of Network Connect, WSAM and JSAM all without any issues or problems. I can also confirm that the previous issues reported with Norton 360 Antivirus, and ESET NOD32 have been resolved. I have not had the opportunity to test Zone Alarm or Symantec Antivirus (Corporate Edition).

I'm really impressed with this release, unfortunately I came after many months of pain with 6.5R1 which will leave the Secure Access product with a black eye for sometime to come.

Cheers!