VPN

A private communications network usually used within a company, or by several different companies or organizations, communicating over a public network. VPN message traffic is carried on public networking infrastructure (e.g. the Internet) using standard (often insecure) protocols.

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Virtual Private Networks: A Broken Dream?
Virtual Private Networks allow organizations to establish secure links with business partners and extend communications to regional and isolated offices. In doing so, they significantly diminish the cost of communications for an increasingly mobile workforce. While VPNs are gaining widespread acceptance as security solutions, they are not a panacea.

Communicating Through The Tunnel
Information security has emerged as one of the most important segments of the computing industry. Corporations around the world are finding themselves adopting new Internet based approaches to enhance communication and customer satisfaction at reduced costs. Security enables these technologies to be suitable for these organizations because of the advent of authentication, digital certificates, various encryption methods, hardware, and software and network appliances. Theses technologies, along with others are entering the mainstream of business computing, advancing many corporations into the next generation.

Sorting Through the Hype of Ubiquitous Secure Remote Access and SSL VPNs
If I told you that I could give you a car, exactly like the car you already own with the exception that it gets 1,000 miles/gallon and would have no maintenance costs for 10 years, would you start asking me about adding cup-holders? I doubt it-I sure wouldn't. However, if I told you that I could replace your existing remote access solution with one that provides the exact same capability, but has increased deployment flexibility, increased security options, a lower TCO and faster ROI-I am constantly questioned about whether it can provide "ubiquitous" access. The short answer is "No." The real answer is "No. You shouldn't expect it to, don't really want it to and don't really need it."

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