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You don't. VPN open a secure door to your entire network. SSL open a secure path to a peculiar service. SSL open the door to the public in a way that no-one can (hopefully) decipher. VPN is more private and thus more secure. You only issue certificates to those you know and trust, hopefully. Someone listening at the begging of a SSL session can potentially get your keys and decrypt your whole session. Christopher K. Bipes mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com Sr. Programmer/Analyst mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com CrossCheck, Inc. http://www.cross-check.com 6119 State Farm Drive Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102 Rohnert Park CA 94928 Fax: 707 586-1884 If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, only geniuses work here. Karen Herbelin - Readers Digest 3/2000 -----Original Message----- From: Jerome Draper [mailto:jdraper@wco.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 2:20 PM To: midrange-l@midrange.com Subject: SSL vs VPN The way I understand it SSL and VPN are essentially both doing the same job and you would use one or the other. I can download the VPN client as part of dialup networking from Microsoft. VPN is typically part of my superappliance that hangs on the edge of my LAN. This superappliance does routing, firewall, multiple connection methods (ie: T1, ISDN, DSL, leased line, etc.). I dial my ISP; I startup my VPN client and hit my superappliance; I fire up my TN5250 client and hit my AS400. Why do I need SSL? Wondering..... Jerry Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976 Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400 Representing Synapse, Apple, UDS, Nlynx, Perle, Lucent, etc. (415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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