


Root, intermediate and server certs are generated on PANġ.Same interface serving as portal and gateway.This document explains basic GlobalProtect configuration for pre-logon with following considerations: Once the 'actual user' is connected to GP (ie user-logon), the user will see a 'disable' option (if allowed by admin) to disable the GP application when needed.Separate security rules are also needed to provide access for these two users. Since this deals with two users called 'pre-logon' and the actual 'user', separate client configs need to be created under portal one for 'pre-logon' and other for 'any/specific user groups'.Pre-logon is most commonly used in conjunction with 'user-logon' and SSO so that the GP connection is seamless to the user.In the case of MAC, the tunnel is re-established with the actual user who logged in. Once the user logs on to the machine, the tunnel gets renamed (in Windows) from the 'pre-logon' user to the actual 'user' who logged in. Since there is no user associated at these times, the gateway will see this connection coming from a generic username called 'pre-logon'. Pre-logon will also kick in once a user logs off that machine. For example, in the case of Windows, GlobalProtect pre-logon get connect to the gateway while the system is still booting up or is at the Ctrl+Alt+Del screen, that is, before a user logs in to the machine. The idea behind pre-logon is to have the "device" get connected to the GlobalProtect gateway, even before a user logs into the machine, most commonly to have certain internal resources connected or scripts executed even before a user logs in. As 'pre-logon' in the name suggests, GlobalProtect is connected "before" a user-logs on to a machine.
