RE: Hunt for VPN devices

["R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>]

Useful links to this thread might well be <watch for wrapping>:

http://www.icsalabs.com/html/communities/ipsec/certification/certified_products/index.shtml

Tina Bird's site has moved;

http://vpn.shmoo.com/


Thanks,

Ron DuFresne

On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Scot Hartman wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> I'm on the same hunt but not seeing any dedicated appliances left.
> We currently use several Nokia CryptoClusters as dedicated appliances
> but they are end-of-life.  I remember when we first started using
> them, there were several niche appliances available.  Most have
> closed shop.
>
> However, the prices on some of the firewall/vpn appliances have 
> come down enough to where you could just use them for your VPN. 
> And they have some FW functionality to greater or lesser degree
> if needed.
>
> There are probably 10 appliance options out there with respectable 
> IPSec performance (so they claim, still need to put them in a lab) 
> for fairly inexpensive ($500 - $1000).
>
> I've got a list of the ones I've dug up, with their claimed numbers
> and prices if you want me to send them to you.
>
>
> Scot
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Boles [mailto:bolesjb () yahoo com]
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 2:00 PM
> To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com
> Subject: [fw-wiz] Hunt for VPN devices
>
>
> Hate to ask this question here, but I'm a bit stumped - are there any
> dedicated VPN devices left on the market?
>
> I used to love the redcreek dedicated vpn devices (before they were acquired
> by SonicWall).
>
> These days, seems that all VPN services are either on a firewall or router
> box, and I favor architectures which don't really use VPN on either.  Still
> stuck on the idea of being able to run and manage VPN separately, and
> grouping this functionality on a firewall or router device muddies the
> administration for clients, and adds unnecessary functionality, especially
> for clients with restricted technical resources.  Additionally, I don't
> really like compromising on VPN functionality or firewall functionality, and
> multipurpose boxes seem to require either that, or an excessively high cost.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> JB.
>
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