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Peter, Take a look at setting up a W2K server as a VPN server. I'd go with PPTP VPNs since they are easier to setup and "almost" as secure as L2TP w/IPSec. The added bonus is as long as your customers have Win98/ME/2K/XP they already have the client on their machines. Check out http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/technologies/communications/vpn/default .asp for more. <DISCLAIMER> Any VPN solution will require punching a hole in your firewall so make sure you understand the technologies and implications. </DISCLAIMER> -Walden ------------ Walden H Leverich III President Tech Software (516) 627-3800 x11 (208) 692-3308 eFax WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com http://www.TechSoftInc.com -----Original Message----- From: Peter Dow [mailto:pcdow@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 18:25 To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com Subject: VPN server Hi All, Where's a good source for information on VPN servers vs clients? The concept is easy to understand; the implementation appears to be spreading out from software-only to VPN appliances, and it's not clear to me what's required on either end. I'm looking for the simplest, least expensive solution, naturally. I want to provide a customer access to my AS/400 via the internet using VPN. Specific questions I have are: 1. Is there a standard VPN protocol? I.e. there appears to be IPsec, M$ PPTP, and probably others. Am I correct in assuming these are incompatible? 2. Are these VPN appliances servers, or clients? 3. What's a ballpark cost to provide VPN for 3-5 users? 4. Where can I read about this? tia, Peter Dow Dow Software Services, Inc. 909 425-0194 voice 909 425-0196 fax _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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