One starts to wonder, what's the point of outbound firewall security if everybody is bypassing it on port 80 or 443 to do whatever they want?
Carl -----Original Message----- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: L2TP vs. SSTP One operates at the IP layer One operates at the TCP layer Both use certificates for authentication and encryption. But I suppose that SSL VPN products are popular now because port 443 is seen as the "universal firewall bypass" port, and so setting up SSTP (or similar SSL VPN product) and having roaming clients be able to access your server maybe the easiest to do. Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2008 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: L2TP vs. SSTP Windows Server 2008 is supposed to come out with Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP). Does anyone know the advantages/disadvantages of using this verses L2TP? Thanks for your help. Curt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
