RE: Aside from Firewall ..

["Thomas Crowe" <thomas.crowe () bellsouth net>]

I would sat that the only reason for Digital Cert. based authentication or
VPN encryption is if you are communicating over a "public" network. IOW If
there is ANYONE else on the wire that should not see the transmissions then
by all means encrypt the transmissions AND require secure authentication.
However if the circuit is direct point to point between 2 trusted networks,
then it is really a waste of time, money, and other resources.

Thomas Crowe
Production Network Systems Administrator