Firewall authentication support for HTTPS traffic

Firewall authentication now supports the HTTPS protocol along with FTP, HTTP, and Telnet. This feature enhances HTTPS support for Web authentication. Unauthenticated HTTPS traffic is redirected to the Web authentication IP addresses of the incoming interfaces. 

HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between the user and the device that the user is connected to. All communications between the user and the connected devices are encrypted. HTTPS is often used to protect highly confidential online transactions like online banking and online shopping order forms. 

The following new CLI statements are part of this feature: 

• ssl-termination-profile-Specify the name of the SSL termination profile used for SSL offloading. 
• web-redirect-to-https-Redirect unauthenticated HTTP requests to the device's internal HTTPS webserver. If web-redirect-to-https is configured, the firewall redirects the unauthenticated HTTP traffic to the HTTPS Web authentication server's incoming interface . 
• https-Enable authentication through HTTPS. If https is selected, the system allows Web authentication for HTTPS traffic. 
• redirect-to-https-Redirect the HTTP Web authentication traffic to the HTTPS Web authentication service.