On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, at 10:51pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... does anyone have any recommendations for VPN end point appliances.
Of all the appliances I've used, my favorite is NetScreen. Outstanding features and performance at a competitive price. Gotta love that SSH CLI. SonicWall is okay. They used to require a subscribe just to use certificates, but I believe that has changed. I've had someone recommend SnapGear to me; it is apparently a Linux-based appliance. Haven't had a chance to actually look into it, though. For maximum flexibility, there is always the possibility of an SBC running Linux out of flash. > I ordered a pair of BEFSX41 LinkSys routers ... My experience with LinkSys VPN boxes is that they are flakey and have an abysmal feature set. They tend to need to be rebooted on a regular basis. No support for public key crypto (come on', shared secrets went out in the 1980s). Their firewall/filtering settings are a joke. I frequently recommend LinkSys NAT boxes for SOHO use, but IMO, they just don't cut it for VPN use. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
