Question (fwd)

[Eric Henriksen]

To be clear, various terms including the words 'virtual', 'private', and
'data' have been misused over the years by a number of carriers to represent
collections of WAN services which are structured to be like dedicated data
or voice networks, but may not have been.  Sprint is included in this
muddying of the waters in the interest of selling large integrated service
contracts to corporate America.

Also, RedCreek has been using the term "Secure VPN" to distinguish between
the misuses of "VPN" and what constitutes IPSec VPNs.

Eric Henriksen
Field SE Manager,
RedCreek Communications, Inc
Tel   336 297-4544
Fax   336 297-4644
www.redcreek.com
-----Original Message-----
From: John Fulmer <john.d.fulmer at mail.sprint.com>
To: vpn at listserv.secnetgroup.com <vpn at listserv.secnetgroup.com>
Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: Question (fwd)


>dgoldsmi at erols.com wrote:
>
>> If a company connects multiple offices
>> together via the Internet (Frame Relay, ISDN, analog lines, etc), then
they
>> have a "virtual private network".
>
>This doesn't make any sense. If you have multiple offices connected via
>the internet without benefit of encryption, there is no 'private'
>whatsoever. Maybe you have a "VN". :)
>
>>
>> Vendors are now using the term "Secure VPN" for their products that
involve
>> encryption and/or tunneling.
>
>Which vendors are using "Secure VPN" vs just VPN? I did a brief check
>with Lucent, Nortel and Cisco, and they all use standard "VPN"
>terminology.
>
>jf
>
>--
>John Fulmer
>Manager, Sprint Corporate Security
>
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