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Wes Noonan, MCSE/MCT/CCNA/NNCSS
Senior QA Rep.
BMC Software, Inc.
(713) 918-2412
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.bmc.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 16:35
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: IPSEC? on 2000? is it worth it?
>
>
> Hello again everyone,
> Not to start any religious wars, I just had that with another
> co-worker,
> don't want to do it again.
> IPSEC on win2000:
> 1. How *secure* ;| is it?
As secure as on anything else. IPSec <> W2K.
> 2. How bad is the overhead to the network?
Not bad if you have NICs with on board processors. Horrible if you don't. I
have seen some numbers that say that <20 connections to a W2K server using
the OS to process starts to choke the system. With the on-board procs, AIUI,
the difference is negligible at best. Most folks I know are using the 3COM's
with 3XP technology.
> 3. Does it really keep folks from sniffing the network?
No. It means they need to decrypt the data before they can "see" it.
> Sorry for the stupidity, but I don't feel like wading through
> the marketing
> hype on the product, I just need the bottom line. Oh yea,
> and please word
> it so my 2000 network guru will be able to understand what's said.
Doesn't sound like much of a guru ;-)
> Thanks in advance everyone,
HTH
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