VPN

I get the impression that VPN has several avenues
of deployment. Is this hardware or software implementation?
Or both?

G wrote:
> I get the impression that VPN has several avenues
> of deployment. Is this hardware or software implementation?
> Or both?

VPN's are normally just software. However there are multiple avenues of
implementation, as you guessed. These avenues don't deal with hardware
vs. software, so much as which software standards they follow. Some VPNs
work using the SSL protocol. Others use the IPSec protocol. And yet
others use the PPTP protocols.

Yousuf Khan

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On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 02:42:30 -0500, Yousuf Khan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>G wrote:
>> I get the impression that VPN has several avenues
>> of deployment. Is this hardware or software implementation?
>> Or both?
>
>VPN's are normally just software. However there are multiple avenues of
>implementation, as you guessed. These avenues don't deal with hardware
>vs. software, so much as which software standards they follow. Some VPNs
>work using the SSL protocol. Others use the IPSec protocol. And yet
>others use the PPTP protocols.
>
> Yousuf Khan

There is a hardware factor as well, as certain devices (read: some routers)
can act as VPN endpoints, allowing multiple down-stream nodes to share a
single tunnel...