Re: (PM) VPN stuff (fwd)

Matthew S. Crocker (matthew@crocker.com)
Mon, 17 Nov 1997 08:50:56 -0500 (EST)

>
> The problem is that by the time PM's have IPSec support all of the
> other mayor players will already have VPN products for at least a year.
> Anybody that requires VPN RIGHT at THIS MOMENT is not going to buy
> LE gear. There are feasible solutions from Cisco, Microcom (now Comapq),
> and others.

Why do you need VPN from the terminal server? VPN should be provided
end-point to end-point. Your customer should provided VPN (PPTP, L2TP)
at their corporate firewall and dial into your terminal server with a box
which supports the same protocol. The terminal server is just acting like
a router in the link and doesn't care about the data.

With your logic you would have to support VPN on every router from your
end to the customer. There is now need to support VPN at the terminal
server when it can very easily be supported at the customer dialup end.

-Matt

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