SecureRemote/AOL - Proprietary TCP/IP Stacks?
TC Wolsey
twolsey at realtech.com
Tue Jul 13 15:11:06 EDT 1999
> <tweil at rpm.com> 07/08/99 12:34PM >>>
>Our VPN contractor has commented that CheckPoint 4.0 will not interoperate
> with AOL's standard IP stack (for dial-in ISP clients). Any truth to
>this story?
> Followup question(s) -
>
> 1. What compatability matrices exist for VPN clients using
>SecureRemote
> and ISP dial-up solutions?
>
> 2. Any stories of CheckPoint and AOL in collaborative effort
>for VPN transport?
>
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My experience with SecureRemote and AOL has been that it may work flawlessly in some circumstances, with caveats in others and just plain be broken sometimes. I wish that I could tell in which circumstances they were compatible, but the variables that lead to (in)compatibilty may be tied to third party software or hardware (maybe both). The last time I tried this the SecureRemote worked on one notebook, failed on another and caused a third to reset during shutdown (although the SecureRemote was able to make the connection). As of 6/11/99 the word from Checkpoint support was that SecureRemote is supported _only_ with DUN in Win95, although they would be happy to suggest a enhancement request to the product team.
--tcw
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