On 12/22/2010 12:59 PM, Leland Jackson wrote: > On 12/22/2010 01:31 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Leland Jackson<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> On 12/22/2010 12:40 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: >>>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Jeff Johnson<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Steve: That is why I am asking this group. I want it to be secure. >>>>> Bandwidth is not a problem. There will only be one user on the system >>>>> at a time. >>>> --------------------- >>>> >>>> Only one remote user into the network. This should be pretty good. >>>> The more you bring in the worse it gets in the VPN side of a >>>> bottleneck >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> The amount of bandwidth used over a WAN, (eg internet), by remote >>> connections is not a question of VPN connections versus something else. >>> If the network is being hampered because of a lack of bandwidth, the >>> company might want to look into acquiring more bandwidth. >>> >>> You might also look at stateless versus persistent connections. Web >>> application usually use less bandwidth; because, the connections are not >>> persistent, (eg a remote user connects to a web server, requests a >>> webpage, and then disconnects. The web server listening over a certain >>> port responds to the request for a page, open a connection to the client >>> sided browser, send the page, and then disconnects. Also, most database >>> server act in a stateless manner, especially where bandwidth is >>> limited. Where bandwidth is not an issue, persistent connections are >>> faster. >> ------------------- > I'm not sure I understand the situation well enough, but: > >>> From Jeff's reply earlier I thought that this is for a Tax preparer in >> the field to run the software from the office at a clients home or >> business. WAG there but that is how I read it. > Why not have the income tax software run right off the Tax Preparer's > laptop. When the Tax Preparers get back to the company, the tax returns > can be archived to company media. > > or > > Find income tax software that can be accessed from the companie's > website, (eg a website based income tax software application server.). > > >>> From my experience at my present gig a VPN bottleneck can be huge if >> someone sets up the VPN to route through the "Office" instead of just >> connect with it. Or in our case a LOT OF PEOPLE who do this. >> > You might need to distributed, (eg balance), the networks better. For > example you could create a vpn tunnel between two or more routers. The > routers on the end points would then be responsible to forward ports > within their local networks. > > You could also use vnc directly. The computer would forward the vnc > connection based on port numbers. For example, you might have 7 > desktops that need to be accessed. You could have the router forward > ports 5901 through 5907 to the appropriate desktop. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > Steve reads the situation properly. We want to install tax preparation software on the server. Functionally similar to Turbo Tax. The interviewer will enter data into the software on site. He may or may not have Internet. When he returns to his office - which is different from the location of the server - he wants to be able to update the data on the server. It would be nice if he had Internet at a client's site to enter the data directly.
Everything else will be done locally to the server. Checking, preparing, assembly and e-filing. The remote user would be able to manipulate the tax software on the server, transfer documents to the server, and view faxes sent to the server. I am an accountant - although not a practicing one - and I believe internal controls apply mainly to company financial statements and processes. Tax preparation is filling out forms. Having said that, due to the sensitive nature of the data it is crucial to maintaining a very high level of security. Thank you all for your input! So far, I like the VPN as well as using the MAC address to allow only one laptop access. Jeff --------------- Jeff Johnson [email protected] (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
