Re: Network security
From: Edward Ray (nobody_at_dufus.net)
Date: 10/23/03
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:21:49 -0700
I would look at a firewall/VPN solution versus your Linksys solution.
My personal recommendation would be the Netscreen 5XT
(http://www.netscreen.com). It is about $500, supports up to 10 users and
VPN tunnels. Pardon the promo for Netscreen but during my eval of
Netscreen, Cisco PIX and Checkpoint I was able to successfully penetrate the
Checkpoint and DDoS the PIX. The Netscreen is better than the PIX in
shunting DDoS attacks while still giving user access.
The Netscreen 5 family supports routing protocols and is fairly easy to
configure via CLI or GUI.
Good luck with what ever decision you make.
Edward W. Ray
GCIA, GCIH
"Andrei" <jjjj@jjjj.com> wrote in message
news:e1B36YYmDHA.2432@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi everybody!
>
> A company has 10 workstations, a server and a switch to which they are
> connected.
> The task is to modify the network so that all workstations could go on the
> internet, and traveling employees could connect to the office network via
> VPN.
>
> There are two different solutions:
>
> 1. To bay a DSL/VPN router (Linksys for example), connect it to the switch
> and configure it to complete the task.
>
> 2. To connect the server to Internet with a new NIC. Then, configure the
> server to accept incoming VPN connections and make it an internet gateway
> for the users on the office network.
>
> The question is which way is better and secure, and why?
> Money are out of the question.
> Please, if you are have any thoughts about it, please, drop a line!
>
> Thank you!
> Andrei.
>
>
>
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