Aventail "VPN" SSL SOCKS5 originating from PIX 501?

[jareddavis]

Hi,

I have a fat windows client from Aventail on a XP box that provides "VPN" access (SSL SOCKS5) to a fortune 100 company. Is there a way to have a PIX 501 originate the vpn automatically? I would like to use a Solaris box on my side to access some of the other companies information.

Thanks in advance.

[mostiguy]

You mean use a pix 501 instead of the software client? Not likely - pixen don't do SSL "vpns". Even if it that client is an IPSec client, they could be using not standard extensions, or authentication hardware that a pix cannot use to originate a connect (RSA securid, etc)