[vpn] metrics for vpn sessions

[Phil McGarr]

Greetings,

I've been asked the following question:
What metrics are companies using when the say "1,000 concurrent VPN
tunnels?"

This spawned some of my own questions:
Is the number of concurrent tunnels possible limited by bandwidth to the VPN
server rather than some algorithmic restriction?
Are VPN companies arbitrarily restricting the number of tunnels so that they
can sell upgraded versions when people need to allow more users onto their
VPN network?

Any help?

tia,

Phil

Phil McGarr
VPN Labs
http://www.vpnlabs.org/


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