VPN GW on router

Azim.Ferchichi at SWISSCOM.COM Azim.Ferchichi at SWISSCOM.COM
Mon Jan 31 09:32:43 EST 2000


> Hi all,
>
> We are currently evaluating different IPSEC VPN solutions. I can
> understand
> pretty well the advantages of using HW or software solutions. On many
> platforms I can also understand what are the consequences of installing a
> VPN software. However, we had a presentation of Cisco' solution this week
> and despite of the evaluation of the pure IPSEC stuff, I'm not able to
> understand the consequence of installing a VPN gateway software on a
> router.
> First I would like to know on a conceptual point of view what are the
> advantages and drawbacks to have a VPN gw on a router. Then I would ask
> people who have experience with Cisco's VPN solution, If they consider
> Cisco
> IOS platform as secure as a Unix one, if it's easy to 'harden' IOS without
> loosing too much routing functionality. I would also ask them if the
> Cisco's
> VPN is easy to deploy initially and if the VPN management tools are good
> enough to easily manage more than 500 VPN machines...
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!
>
> Azim Ferchichi
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