Q: Hardware VPN Solutions

[Chris Carlson]

There's a few that I'm aware of, but probably much
more.

I agree with you that sometimes hardware VPN devices
on cable and/or DSL links address a lot of the
end-user manageability of VPN client software.  Plus,
hardware devices can support non-Windows machines,
whereas most VPN client vendors *only* work on
Windows.

RedCreek (www.redcreek.com) has a hardware unit called
Personal Ravlin, but of course you gotta use it with
their Ravlin system.  I think it's about $500.  I
wasn't that impressed by RedCreek when I researched
them a year ago; perhaps they've changed.

CheckPoint has created a company called SofaWare
(www.sofaware.com) that will put a slim FW/VPN module
in cable and DSL modems, but it's slideware today.

Yeouch!  That's all I can come up with.  It may be
possible to find a cable modem that has VPN code on
it, but I don't know of any.

You also don't have to roll out an IPSec or PPTP VPN.
How about SOCKS?  How about thin client?  How about
SSL Web apps?

Hope this helps,
Chris
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--- "Fiamingo, Frank" <FiamingF at STRSOH.ORG> wrote:
> I'm looking for comments on the best hardware-based
> VPN to use (or what not
> to use).
> Many of our employees now have cable modem access
> and would like to connect
> to
> our corporate LAN from home.  With the variablity in
> home machines and
> user's
> technical abilities I'd prefer a hardware, rather
> than a software solution -
> something to
> insert between the PC and Cable modem that could be
> tied to an X.509
> certificate for
> authentication at the corporate end.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> 	Thanks,
> 	Frank
>
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