Re: VPN server -- MIDRANGE-L

What this really comes down to is using the public Internet for traffic that
previously did not exist or previously went over leased lines.  This is
accomplished by establishing an encrypted tunnel between you and the target.
You can be a single PC running Windows' builtin PPTP VPN or you can be a
router at the edge of a network so that your network traffic passes through
the encrypted tunnel to the target.  VPN is what establishes that encrypted
tunnel.

Once the tunnel is established then you do thing through that tunnel like,
for us AS400 dudes and gals, display emulation, printer emulation, and file
tranfer (ie:  Synapse IP Client stuff).  Beyond that there are other things
we might want to do like FTP or whatever.  The big thing is having a secure
connection over the public Internet so no no's don't happen (all you folks
responsible for HIPPA data can appreciate this).

Goodbye leased lines.  Goodbye 5x94 controllers.  Goodbye moon.


Regards,

Jerry


----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Dow <pcdow@yahoo.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: VPN server


> Wow! Thanks for all the replies.  As I said, I understand the basic
concept;
> the devil is in the details.  Let's take the LinkSys Router mentioned by
> Carl, or the Netopia mentioned by Jerome.  The LinkSys appears to provide
> client-side VPN; the Netopia sort of sounds like it might be a VPN server.
> Could I have a LinkSys on either end?  Or a Netopia on my end and let the
> users use the MS client?
>
> The Win2K VPN solution sounds like the simplest, unless I can have a
LinkSys
> VPN router on either end running something more secure than PPTP.
>
> The more interesting solution would be using the OS/400 VPN but it sounds
> like it requires client-side software, or possibly a LinkSys VPN router on
> the other end.
>
> Time for more reading: O'Reilly (thanks James and Fritz), M$ (thanks
Walden)
> and IBM (thanks Fritz).
>
> Regards,
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 425-0194 voice
> 909 425-0196 fax
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Galgano" <cgalgano2@ediconsulting.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 6:55 PM
> Subject: RE: VPN server
>
>
> > The Linksys Router is an interesting animal, because it allows router to
> > router level VPN.  So anything behind the router on one side can access
> > anything behind the router on the other side without any client
> > software.  The default route points to the router and the router does
> > the rest.  Very slick.  We are considering deploying this as a back up
> > solution to one of our clients who currently uses ISDN to back up their
> > Frame Relay network.
>
>
>
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