Re: SSL VPN

[Chad Loder <cloder () loder us>]

On Tue Jan 15/2008 @  8:01:P +0530 asdasd, Kartik wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> Currently we have 100+ home users who connect to our VPN gateway
> (IPSEC) and access the resources. As the business is growing, within a
> couple of months we'll be having more than 300 users operating from
> home.
>
> Management asked us to give them a "cost effective" solution to
> migrate the existing home users to "SSL VPN" so that there won't be
> any requirement of installing the software client etc (keeping in mind
> that the associates working from home will be growing) and it will be
> more secure.

Can you explain, in more detail, the perceived need for the SSL VPN?
If the only reason is "We don't want a software client", then there
would be no reason to switch away from IPSEC since all major operating
systems include a built-in IPSEC client.