Q: Hardware VPN Solutions

[Chris Carlson]

Oh, one more.

SonicWALL (www.sonicwall.com) makes SonicWALL SOHO/10,
an Internet appliance with firewall and VPN code for a
10-user LAN.  It may be more than you need and I'm not
sure about pricing...

Good luck,
Chris
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--- Chris Carlson <carlsonmail at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> 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
> -
> --- "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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