[vpn] QUESTION???

[Gregory D. Nowicki (Greg)]

Hmmm. These are the questions that a lot of us get paid big money to answer.

At 10:50 AM 6/26/02 -0400, Tony_td wrote:

>Good mornning everyone...!

Good evening!


>I'm going to open a home business in my basement and I would like to obtain
>some advice and  tips on how to implement
>a small  and efficient VPN network..
>
>If you can provide me with a step by step guide on how to get started.
>
>-What kind of ISP connection?
>    -How many public static IP addresses are needed?

You only _need_ one.

>    -Do I need to register a DNS name?

Do you want people to find you by way of: www.<some domain>.<org|com|net|???>

>    -Which ISP is the most cost effective?

Where do you live? If you're going to be running an http server, you'll 
most likely have to get a commercial account. I use Verizon and Aracnet (a 
local ISP). They don't do port scans, so I can run pretty much anything I 
desire.


>-Which VPN GATEWAY would be suitable for this project?

What's on the other end of the VPN? Road warriors? Static branch office? 
Some setups could provide you with a VPN/firewall combination.


>-What kind of server?

What are you serving? HTML? SQL? PPTP?


>-Which Firewall would I consider?

What's your budget and expertise? ;-) Netscreen, SmoothWall, OpenBSD, 
Checkpoint, Cisco (PIX), there are a lot of them out there with a wide 
range of prices and administration requirements.


>Thanks
>Tony!
>
>PS: And implementing TERMINAL SERVER?

Inside of your firewall? Need lots of horsepower and some holes through 
your firewall.



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Firstly, you need to come up with a budget and a list of requirements. Once 
you've done that, you can ask more specific questions that we may be able 
to answer.

Regards,

Greg
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