ASA webvpn and Vista

[jjoseph01]

Hi all. I have setup webvpn on our asa, and I have a link that allows me to click on it and directly RDP to a server. It works well on my XP machine and also a Mac, but a Vista machine it wont work with. It just takes me back to the portal home page. Anyone have any issues with this in the past?

[JORGE RODRIGUEZ]

It could be java issue in vista, try updating java JRE in the system.

go to this page troubleshooting tab, there is a link to redirect you to update site.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_configuration_example09186a00808c0603.shtml

let us know how it works out.

Rgds

Jorge

[obeat4cisco]

I read somewhere that you have to upgrade the ASA to 8.0 to be able to VPN with Vista.

Regards

[jjoseph01]

Yeah, I upgraded to 8.0 already. Ill try the java link and let you know. Thanks.

[jjoseph01]

ok, Java is up to the latest. Any other ideas?

[JORGE RODRIGUEZ]

Got busy at my end to look for release notes on rdp plug-in to see open caveats if any in previous versions, will do when I get a chance , but do you use in asa latest plug-in release version?, try to see if that helps..

rdp-plugin.080506.jar

Terminal Service client plugin for ASA 080506 11-AUG-2008 870718

[jjoseph01]

Well, I think it is, its on my laptop, which Im not at at this moment. Ill check this Friday and verify. Ill let you guys know, thanks.

[rickcorriveau]

Have you updated ASDM 6.13 / Anyconnect?

Rick

[ari123zzz]

I have the same problem, and see that a similiar issue is posted all over the internet. Any idea where we can get a comment from Cisco?

I run my WebVPN and RDP plugin on XP and everything works fine on both ActiveX and Java, but with Vista the Active loads and I get a security question asking me to 'Connect', I click connect and nothing happens. I then try the Java version and it loads, but after 1 minute or so I get a Socket Connection Reset error.

This seems to be a Vista Security issue or something. Cisco says this software works for Vista, but I don't see that being the case.

[aaoybe]

Did you add the site to the trusted sites in vista?

[sdunkin]

Based on the SSL VPN Client FAQ doc, this is an issue with the STCIE, or install enabler. It uses ActiveX to download/install the SVC. Vista and/or IE7 treat ActiveX differently so it will not let the install enabler run. Adding to trusted sites does not help, nor does modifying any of the IE security settings.

I am having this same problem with the SVC. WebVPN thin-client works as does Java, but the SVC will never download and install. We are on ASA722 and ASDM522.

Do we just need to upgrade to ASA 8.0?

[aaoybe]

It works on 8.x. So i guess you should upgrade. Had no problems with any of our firewalls after the upgrade.