Hi John,
I am, obviously, biased as well on this subject but I would sugget you take
a look at the Cisco 3000 series VPN concentrator. It is from an acquisition
of Altiga Networks. There is no per user fee for the client and the
concentrator itself is very scalable. VPN policy is not set at the client
level, it is done at the Concentrator and than pushed down to the client so
the user can't make any changes. The only drawback for right now is that
there isn't a "supported" version of the client for W2K. You can use the
embedded W2K VPN client but the policy would be administered at the client
level instead of at the concentrator. A W2K client should be out in the
next 90 days or so. The biggest value of the 3000 is it's scalability using
SEP processors which are inserted into slots. The base level can handle up
to 100 simultaneous users and with the addition of one SEP processor, that
jumps to 1500 simultaneous users. Here is a URL you can look at to get more
information:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/customer/cc/pd/hb/vp3000/
Hope this helps.
Dave
Dave Erban
Systems Engineer
Cisco Systems
949-789-3717
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Cisco Systems - Empowering the Internet Generation
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From: "Stewart, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 3:25 PM
Subject: VPN solution recommendations?
>
> We've been using RaptorMobile with our Raptor firewall for some time for
our
> remote users. However, we're not totally happy with the client software.
> When it works, it seems to work well, but it often doesn't work at all...
>
> The integration into an NT domain is also pretty abysmal. I'm looking into
> the new version (6.5) now, but I've already had some pretty annoying
> problems (and they don't have a Win95 version - only 2k, NT, and 98!).
>
> Anyway, I wanted to see if there were strong recommendations/market
leaders
> in the standalone VPN market (and I apologize that this isn't specifically
> about firewalls).
>
> Obviously, the major concern is security, but moreover, it is very
important
> that the client software is easy to operate, works on all Windows
platforms,
> reliable, and integrates well in an NT domain environment (easy to get
> drives mapped, login scripts run, etc...).
>
> Any suggestions welcome...
>
> TIA!
>
> johnS
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