"How do you provide a low-cost, secure electronic network for your organization?" "The solution is a virtual private network: a collection of technologies that creates secure connections or "tunnels" over regular Internet lines - connections that can be easily used by anybody logging in from anywhere. A number of products now exist to help you develop that solution." "This book tells you how to plan and build a VPN. It starts with general concerns like costs, configuration, and how a VPN fits in with other networking technologies like firewalls. It continues with detailed descriptions of how to install and use VPN technologies that are available for Windows NT and Unix, such as PPTP and L2TP, AltaVista Tunnel, Cisco PIX Firewall, and the Secure Shell (SSH)."--Jacket.
Note
La couv. porte aussi : "Turning the Internet into your private network." Untertitel auf dem Umschlag: Turning the internet into your private network. "Turning the Internet into your private network"--Cover. A la part superior de la coberta: "Turning the Internet into your private network." ¿7FTurning the Internet into your private network"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Why build a virtual private network? Basic VPN technologies Wide area, remote access, and the VPN Implementing Layer 2 connections Configuring and testing Layer 2 connections Implementing the AltaVista Tunnel 98 Configuring and testing the AltaVista Tunnel Creating a VPN with the Unix Secure Shell The Cisco PIX firewall Managing and maintaining your VPN A VPN scenario.
"How do you provide a low-cost, secure electronic network for your organization?" "The solution is a virtual private network: a collection of technologies that creates secure connections or "tunnels" over regular Internet lines - connections that can be easily used by anybody logging in from anywhere. A number of products now exist to help you develop that solution." "This book tells you how to plan and build a VPN. It starts with general concerns like costs, configuration, and how a VPN fits in with other networking technologies like firewalls. It continues with detailed descriptions of how to install and use VPN technologies that are available for Windows NT and Unix, such as PPTP and L2TP, AltaVista Tunnel, Cisco PIX Firewall, and the Secure Shell (SSH)."--Jacket.