Useful links to this thread might well be <watch for wrapping>: http://www.icsalabs.com/html/communities/ipsec/certification/certified_products/index.shtml Tina Bird's site has moved; http://vpn.shmoo.com/ Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Scot Hartman wrote: > Jeff, > > I'm on the same hunt but not seeing any dedicated appliances left. > We currently use several Nokia CryptoClusters as dedicated appliances > but they are end-of-life. I remember when we first started using > them, there were several niche appliances available. Most have > closed shop. > > However, the prices on some of the firewall/vpn appliances have > come down enough to where you could just use them for your VPN. > And they have some FW functionality to greater or lesser degree > if needed. > > There are probably 10 appliance options out there with respectable > IPSec performance (so they claim, still need to put them in a lab) > for fairly inexpensive ($500 - $1000). > > I've got a list of the ones I've dug up, with their claimed numbers > and prices if you want me to send them to you. > > > Scot > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Boles [mailto:bolesjbat_private] > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 2:00 PM > To: firewall-wizardsat_private > Subject: [fw-wiz] Hunt for VPN devices > > > Hate to ask this question here, but I'm a bit stumped - are there any > dedicated VPN devices left on the market? > > I used to love the redcreek dedicated vpn devices (before they were acquired > by SonicWall). > > These days, seems that all VPN services are either on a firewall or router > box, and I favor architectures which don't really use VPN on either. Still > stuck on the idea of being able to run and manage VPN separately, and > grouping this functionality on a firewall or router device muddies the > administration for clients, and adds unnecessary functionality, especially > for clients with restricted technical resources. Additionally, I don't > really like compromising on VPN functionality or firewall functionality, and > multipurpose boxes seem to require either that, or an excessively high cost. > > Thanks for any suggestions, > > JB. > > _______________________________________________ > firewall-wizards mailing list > firewall-wizardsat_private > http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards > _______________________________________________ > firewall-wizards mailing list > firewall-wizardsat_private > http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ admin & senior security consultant: sysinfo.com http://sysinfo.com "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart testing, only testing, and damn good at it too! _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizardsat_private http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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