[vpn] vpn question

[Dana J. Dawson]

"Qian, Roger" wrote:
> 
> Has someone used CISCO PIX firewall built-in VPN function?
> Thanks.
> Roger

I've configured PIX's to do both site-to-site and remote client VPN's.  They're
very much like Cisco routers to configure, both in terms of the commands you use
and the amount of work it takes to get things working.  The biggest challenge
with setting up VPN's in the routers and PIX's is getting all the various
command parameters correct that have to match between the peers.  You frequently
end up spending more time doing a "stare and compare" than you do putting in the
actual configuration.  As is the case with the routers, the PIX is better for
site-to-site VPN's than for remote client VPN's.

HTH

Dana

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