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Cisco Secure Access Help Manage Virtual Private Networks Manage Machine Tunnels

Last updated: Aug 07, 2025

Manage Machine Tunnels

A Secure Access VPN machine tunnel ensures connectivity to the corporate network whenever the client system is powered up, not just when a VPN connection is established by the end user. You can perform patch management on out-of-the-office endpoints, especially devices that are infrequently connected by the user, via VPN, to the office network. Endpoint OS login scripts that require corporate network connectivity also benefit from this feature. For this tunnel to be created without user interaction, certificate-based authentication is used.