Thanks very much for this discussion, Samuli. > I discussed the relative merits of application-layer and data link / > network-layer SSL VPN's with James (CEO of OpenVPN) a while back. We > concluded that the main advantage of an application-layer SSL VPN (such > as ALS) is that it does not require a separate client installation > (besides a web browser).
This is indeed, for our site, a key advantage. I and several of my users work on locked-down systems at work, where we don't have privileges to install software, nevermind to install and configure (virtual) network interfaces. But we are able to browse HTTPS sites and run Java applets within our browsers, and this allows us to get complete connectivity through ALS. For us, that's where the value is. Andrew. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Openvpn-als-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-als-devel
