[VPN] Intro and looking for a solution

[Trader's Paradise]

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunatly my R&D budget for this project is
quite low so I'm hoping to find an off the shelf solution.

I'm finding it very hard to believe that I'm the only person in the world
needing to route non-IPSec compatible (read non-unicast) packets over a VPN.

John Guynn
System Administrator
support at tradersparadise.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Hope [mailto:Stephen.Hope at energis.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 11:37 AM
To: 'Trader's Paradise'; vpn list
Subject: RE: [VPN] Intro and looking for a solution


John,

it sounds like you should use something flexible - routers with VPN tunnels
may be the most flexible way to do this.

I would a Cisco router, and possibly use GRE tunnels, then maybe PIM to
handle any multicast routing.

Having said all that - i havent done this in anger and i would want at least
3 boxes on a bench for a few days before i would be comfortable that the
solution was useful / reliable / supportable etc.

Regards

Stephen Hope

Senior Technical Consultant, Energis
Tel: +44 (0)1625 581 032, Mob: +44 (0)780 002 2626


-----Original Message-----
From: Trader's Paradise [mailto:support at tradersparadise.com]
Sent: 04 December 2002 19:35
To: vpn list
Subject: [VPN] Intro and looking for a solution


[snip]

We have a proprietary application that will sent multicast traffic to our
end users, however we have to establish a VPN in order to deliver the
multicast packets off-site.  I am trying to find a VPN appliance that I can
configure in house to send off site to handle the multicast routing.

Currently we are using the VPN services in Win2K but that has been a less
than stable solution and it requires a competent user at the offsite
location to administer the W2K box on that end.

Any suggestions?

John Guynn