Re: Gartner: IPsec Dead by 2008

[TheGesus <thegesus () gmail com>]

On 1/16/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> Huh. That's news to me. :-)
>
> I'd be curious to hear what others think about this...
>
> Via TechWorld.
>
> [snip]
>
> The IPsec protocol that has served remote access so well for the last decade is now in its death throes, Gartner has 
> prophesised.
>
> ...
> [snip]

Well. IPsec is a backport from IPv6, and the DoD is supposed to be
100% IPv6 by 2008, so I don't see where Gartner's going with that
statement.  Plus, last time I talked to a Gartner analyst about IPv6
(Spring 2005) they pretty much poo-poo'd it to death.

This statement...

"IPsec served by a high-quality WAN connection remains a good choice
for users with managed workstations who need persistent high-speed
remote access connections to a corporate LAN"

is bullshit.  I'd take OpenVPN/SSL any day over IPsec.  No muss, no fuss.

I wonder if OpenVPN even made it into the Magic Quadrant™.

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