[fw-wiz] RE: Hunt for VPN devices

jbolesat_private

Thanks to the group for all of the responses on dedicated vpn gateways.
Overwhelming responses testify to the popularity of nortel contivity
devices, with a few votes for Cisco's concentrators, one mention of another
security/gateway product (SINAvpn), and one subscriber sent me a list of
many lower end small office type units.  Heard nothing of the Avaya VSU VPN
concentrators.

Testimony to the popularity of the Contivity line, which I'll have to
investigate further.  Unfortunately, design environment contains some
extremely old Nortel Instant Internet devices which preceeded this device -
so this might be justify avoiding their disposal to the current management!

Many thanks --

JB.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Boles [mailto:bolesjbat_private]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:00 PM
To: 'firewall-wizardsat_private'
Subject: 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.
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