Re: Client-side VPN solution firewalls

[Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () cospo osis gov>]

> Are the vendors of client-side VPN solutions thinking about including local
> firewall features in their products?

Yes.  You can find some reviews of VPN products at the VPN mailing list
FAQ,
        <URL: http://kubarb.phsx.ukans.edu/~tbird/FAQ.html>.
I don't remember whether it directly addresses this question, but it
should.

> However, I haven't found VPN vendors directly addressing the issue of a
> network penetration of the VPN client-side computers - am I missing
> something?

No, most of them are.

Sometimes the feature isn't called "firewalling", but is just blocking
all non-tunnelled traffic to the world [which ISTM is a better idea,
since then users don't have to maintain firewalls and their policies
etc.].

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Joe Yao                         jsdy () cospo osis gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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