Comments on: VPN tunneling protocols confusing me.

By: smrajagopal

smrajagopal — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:34:44 +0000

Sorry prem very late reply.You can learn more about tunneling protocols and vpn in
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/vpn/l/aa010701d.htm
http://www.comptechdoc.org/independent/networking/protocol/prottunnel.html

By: networkinghardcorerouters

networkinghardcorerouters — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 06:47:16 +0000

Hi All,

Thanks for your replies and the valuable time u have given for me. I was really very nice discussion.

Thanks once again.

Regards
Prem

By: duduspace

duduspace — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 04:15:23 +0000

Yes, there is a class of VPN products now utilizing SSL which was previously only used to secure communication with webservers. They don’t provide functionality down to the network/IP layer however and are targeted towards specific applications. They are worth investigating however because they’ve been getting a lot of press lately.

By: mraslan

mraslan — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 03:34:43 +0000

Just for the record
i found a VPN concetrator from a company called Aventail that uses SSL to encrypt the data between the client and the server. This is a new way for VPN connections, at least it is new to me:)

By: bobkberg

bobkberg — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:26:54 +0000

Thanks to mraslan for explaining the fundamentals.

Additionally, there is also IPSec (Internet Protocol Secure) which is the preferred method these days for VPN, and is actually derived from some of the security work done for IP Version 6.

Bob