Re: Hunt for VPN devices

[Evan Wagner <ewagner () Radix Net>]

If you are looking for a device for clients to VPN into, Cisco's VPN 3000
series work quite well. I started implementing 3005's back before
Cisco acquired Altiga. My primary reason for choosing them was the wide
variety of client OSes they support (Windows, MacOS and OS X, Linux,
Solaris...). We initially configured both LAN to LAN and Client access on
them. Later on, I moved LAN to LAN tunnels to firewalls and dedicated
the 3005's for client VPN service only.

--Evan

On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Jeff Boles wrote:

> 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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