Opinion requested (fwd)

[David T. Smith]

At 2:17 PM -0600 3/7/00, Tina Bird wrote:
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 10:28:04 -0400
>From: Luc Holland <lholland at hfx.eastlink.ca>
>To: tbird at precision-guesswork.com
>Subject: Opinion requested
>
>Dear Tina,
>
>I am currently working with a research group into different VPN
>applications. We have a chance to use (and hopefully acquire cheaply) a
>Nortel 1500 Extranet "Contivity" Switch.

We deployed the Contivity switch for a client and have found that it
is straightforward to install and configure and seems to provide
adequate throughput although we have not stressed it with a large
number of clients.

I cannot speak to its interopeability with other IPSEC
implementations, but it supports PPTP easily working with Microsoft
clients.

David T. Smith

D A V I D   T .   S M I T H

Principal Consultant, Network Solutions
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