VPN Solution

[Taco de Vries]

Yes, extra license costs involved, Nokia with FW1 extra license costs as
well

Have you considered pure software VPN solution, probably cheaper with this
amount of users

Taco

Taco B. de Vries
Director of Operations and Customer Care
TrustWorks Systems
www.trustworks.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Hope <SHOPE at datarange.co.uk>
To: 'David Gillett' <dgillett at niku.com>; <vpn at listserv.secnetgroup.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:54 AM
Subject: RE: VPN Solution


> Note that the Nortel Contivity supports using checkpoint Firewall 1
embedded
> in the VPN gateway - i think there is an extra license cost.
>
> Stephen
>
> Stephen Hope C. Eng, Network Consultant
> shope at datarange.co.uk, or shope at bcs.org.uk
> Datarange Communications PLC, Carrington Business Park, Carrington,
> Manchester , UK. M31 4ZU
> Tel: +44 (0)161 776 4190 Mob: +44 (0)7767 256 180 Fax: +44 (0)161 776
> 4189
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gillett [mailto:dgillett at niku.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 6:51 PM
> To: vpn at listserv.secnetgroup.com
> Subject: RE: VPN Solution
>
>
>   Since you need both, I'd urge you to look at products which include both
> firewall and VPN capabilities:
>
> 1.  Cisco PIX
>   I like this as a firewall; I haven't used its VPN features.
>
> 2.  NetScreen
>   I'm not really keen on this as a firewall, but it's fast and cheap and
its
> VPN definitely works for connecting two sites.
>
> 3.  CheckPoint (FW-1 and VPN-1)
>   Seems expensive, but it's one of the best-rated firewalls (much more
> popular than the PIX)....
>
> 4.  I know there are others out there....
>
>   The thing is that if you buy VPN and firewall separately, you have to
> decide whether the VPN box is trusted (may not work with NAT!), untrusted
> (may have to open unacceptable holes in firewall), or in parallel with the
> firewall (which looks a little odd, and requires you to "harden" the
outside
> interface of the VPN box).  Integrating the two functions gets you the
> topological benefits of the latter approach, while retaining a single
> security policy/management point, NAT implementation, and so on.  [It
> *might* save you money, too....]
>
> David Gillett
> Enterprise Server Manager, Niku Corp.
> (650) 701-2702
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vpn at listserv.secnetgroup.com
> [mailto:owner-vpn at listserv.secnetgroup.com]On Behalf Of Vikash
> Bhagchandka
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 4:10 AM
> To: vpn at listserv.secnetgroup.com
> Subject: VPN Solution
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know which is the best product for setting up a VPN to
> connect two offices with 50 users over the Internet.
>
> I have the option of either Contivity Extranet Switch 1500 or Cisco 1720
VPN
> solution. I would like to know which one is better in terms of
reliability,
> connectivity & security. Is there any other product which I should
consider
> other than Cisco & Nortel.
>
> As the offices will be connected using the Internet, I would need to
install
> a firewall too. Could you suggest something that is easy to setup &
monitor.
> Apart from that, I would also like to know if 128bit encryption is allowed
> outside US.
>
> TIA,
> Vikash
>
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