Re: [security] VPN vs changing routes

[Martin <martin () i2net com>]

On Tuesday 10 June 2003 11:44 am, Keenan Smith wrote:

My understanding of it is that with a VPN solution you are creating an 
encrypted tunnel over the internet between 2 points. With your solution you 
are routing traffic from a remote LAN to a local LAN with no encryption. I 
guess it depends on what sort of traffic you are going to have, and if you 
would want people to see what it is you are transfering. What i am picturing 
is that you would have a T1 connection for each location to the internet, 
from different providers, and you owning and controlling the programming on 
the routers.

> All,
>
> Given a single user in a single location with a static IP, besides
> encryption, what would be the difference between using a VPN to connect to
> the corporate network vs. changing the routing to make the corporate
> network the first hop?
>
> It seems to me that the latter combined with a firewall rule and NAT would
> function the same way as a VPN without the overhead.
>
> So other than encapsulating all data between the network and the VPN
> client, is there any advantage to using the VPN over a change in routing?
>
> Thanks in advance for all the good advice.
>
> KC Smith
>
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