Virtual Private Networks (VPN's) are available in a variety of flavors. What is best for you will depend on your current environment, and where you want to take your company. To help in this process, we have listed what the majority of VPN's have in common and what value that could provide to your company;


VPN's typically provide... Why you care...
Secure Access between users and facilities using the Internet as the backbone. Drive costs to a new low!
Secure Data - The information sent across the Internet is encrypted using the highest level of security (3DES - 168 bit). Your Corporate (or Partner's) confidential information - remains that way.
Secure Users - VPN's use the IPSec or L2TP protocol to authenticate, encrypt, and manage the encryption keys. Remote Users and Remote sites are authenticated each and every time. You can control who has access, to what - and when.
Remote Client - Allows a laptop or PC with an Internet connection, to create a secure connection to the Corporate or Partners network. Allows your Road Warriors to access everything they need on your network - from the road, or from home.
Remote Site - Allows a small office with an Internet connection, to create a secure connection to the Corporate or Partners network. With the cost of the Internet access dropping, you can now supply the same level of services to the three-person office, that you would for the larger remote sites.


The major players fall into two categories; VPN Appliance (Cisco, Nortel, Checkpoint) or VPN Service (Managed Service from Internet Service Providers (ISP's) or OpenReach Point-and-Click). Network Plumbing has aligned ourselves with the industry leaders. We are in a unique position to recommend what best meets your requirements, rather than force fit a solution from a single vendor. We have assembled some good whitepapers on VPN service, and included links to the VPN specific area within the vendors website.

Please feel free to call us with questions. We would love to sit down with you and understand what you want to accomplish. From there, we can recommend your best answer.

Some links and pdf files that you may find helpful:







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