Re: VPN overkill?

["Gautam R. Singh" <gautam.singh () gmail com>]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:16:35 +0000, Ted A <arcturous () hotmail com> wrote:
> All,
> First off, good fun reading this list. Some really great advice and good
> thinkers on here. Thanks for the great questions and great answers.
>
> So here's my issue. I have an IT infrastructure manager who has raised a
> requirement I find myself questioning.
> We have a goal of connecting a remote office to a central office via a VPN.
> This manager insists that only acceptable way to accomplish this is by
> connecting 2 VPN concentrators. I debate this, noting that a PIX should be

Cisco pix 506 would be fine, its designed for remote office/branch
office it allows max 25 vpn peers but for an medium enterprise level
Pix 515 would be great & if u find ur vpn traffic being too heavy for
Pix 515 u can install vpn acclerator cards to handle most of vpn
processing (decryption, encryption) & Pix 515 is also supports
firewall failover setup.
 

> more than capable of handling this connection at the remote office and the
> only place the concentrator is needed is at the central office.
> Am I completely off my rocker, thinking that a second concentrator for a
> single connection is a little overboard?
>
> Thoughts?
> Thanks,
> Ted


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