Clientless SSL VPN

Browser-only access to selected internal applications.

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How widely is it used?

Still around, but being replaced

Being replaced by identity-aware proxies and ZTNA portals.

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Built in your browser from your own server details. Nothing is uploaded or stored.

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How it works

A TLS portal proxies specific internal web apps, file shares or RDP sessions through the browser. No tunnel adapter is installed, so only the applications the portal publishes are reachable.

Connects

Browser → VPN gateway / application portal

Protocols

SSL/TLS, HTTPS reverse proxy

Typical users

Remote workers, Third-party vendors, BYOD users

Main use case

Give unmanaged devices access to a handful of web applications.

Advantages

No software to install
Naturally least-privilege — only published apps are exposed

Limitations

Narrower than a full network tunnel
Non-web protocols need extra plumbing

Related VPN types

SSL/TLS VPN

Widely used

Tunnels that ride the same TLS everyone already allows.

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ZTNA / SASE

Growing fast

Per-application access checks instead of a network tunnel.

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Remote-Access VPN

Most used

A single device tunnels into a private network from anywhere.

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