Re: SSL VPN

[Eduardo Kienetz <eduardok () gmail com>]

On 7/20/05, andrew.bretten () kroger com <andrew.bretten () kroger com> wrote:
> Since the original poster asked for an SSL VPN solution, OpenVPN is
> (unfortunately) not a valid response.

So, perhaps the folks who develop OpenVPN are misunderstanding
something and should change their web site main page title to
something other then: "OpenVPN - An Open Source SSL VPN Solution...".

> Neoteris , which is now sold by Juniper , who call it "Netscreen SSL VPN"
> is an excellent out of the box solution, however it is not the cheapest
> choice.
>
> Personally I baked off Neoteris before they were bought by Netscreen,
> against Nortel Alteon SSL when it was in beta and Aventail. (this was
> almost 3 years ago).
> Cisco I believe isn't really an SSL-VPN as far as being a http rewriter
> like Neoteris/Aventail/Alteon....it simply uses SSL as a transport for a
> network client VPN (correct me if I'm wrong).
>
> If I had to tell you one cool feature to sell you on Neoteris I would
> simply start with the word "flexibile"........it can act as a reverse
> proxy/http rewriter, OR an ssl transport of TCP/UDP packets, OR as a full
> on SSL VPN Network Client......all of it pushed to the remote PC on
> connection, requireing zero management of the remote PC.   It supports
> (with version 5) Mac/Linux/Windows in all these modes.
>
> Neoteris/Juniper was and continues to be (in my opinion) a generation ahead
> of its competition.
>
> Andrew P Bretten
> andrew.bretten () kroger com

Best regards,

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Eduardo  Bacchi Kienetz
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