Virtual Private Networks For Dummies

Author : Mark S. Merkow
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0764505904
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Private Networks For Dummies written by Mark S. Merkow and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-12-02 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let’s face it: the information age makes dummies of us all at some point. One thing we can say for sure, though, about things related to the Internet is that their best strengths are often also their worst weaknesses. This goes for virtual private networks (VPNs). They may reach a wide base of customers – but can also be vulnerable to viruses, hackers, spoofers, and other shady online characters and entities. VPNs may allow for super-efficient communication between customer and company – but they rely on information which, if compromised, can cause huge losses. The Internet is still a frontier – sometimes so wide open it leaves us bewildered – and, like any frontier, the risks go hand in hand with potentially huge rewards. Virtual Private Networks for Dummies offers you a no-nonsense, practical guide to evaluating your company’s need for a VPN, understanding what it takes to implement one, and undertaking the challenging quest to set it up, make it work, and keep it safe. Whether you’re the resident expert leading the project team, or you just want to learn what makes e-commerce tick, this detailed, from-the-ground-up guide will soon have you comfortably conceptualizing: Security goals and strategies The evolution of VPNs Privacy in VPNs Extranets Remote-Access VPNs Funding Custom network solutions design Testing VPNs And more With new products and technologies offering supposedly revolutionary solutions to IT departments every day, this book focuses on the real world – you know, the one full of obstacles, mishaps, threats, delays, and errors – and gives you the background knowledge to make decisions for yourself about your VPN needs. Written with a dash of humor, Virtual Private Networks for Dummies contains both technical detail (standards, protocols, etc.) and more general concepts (such as conducting cost-benefit analyses). This clear, authoritative guide will have you securely and cost-effectively networking over the Internet in no time.

Author : Ruixi Yuan
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780201702095
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Private Networks written by Ruixi Yuan and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VPNs enable any enterprise to utilize the Internet as its own secure private network. In this book, two leading VPN implementers offer a start-to-finish, hands-on guide to constructing and operating secure VPNs. Going far beyond the theory found in most books, Ruixi Yuan and Tim Strayer present best practices for every aspect of VPN deployment, including tunneling, IPsec, authentication, public key infrastructure, and network/service management. Strayer and Yuan begin with a detailed overview of the fundamental concepts and architectures associated with enterprise VPNs, including site-to-site VPNs, remote access VPNs, and extranets. They compare all options for establishing VPN tunnels across the Internet, including PPTP, L2F, and L2TP. Next, they present in-depth coverage of implementing IPsec; establishing two-party or trusted third-party authentication; building a robust public key infrastructure; and managing access control. The book includes expert coverage of VPN gateway configuration, provisioning, and management; Windows and other VPN clients; and network/service management, including SLAs and network operations centers. Finally, the authors preview the future of VPNs, showing how they may be enhanced to provide greater quality of service and network intelligence. For all networking and IT professionals, security specialists, consultants, vendors, and service providers responsible for building or operating VPNs.

Author : James S. Tiller
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203997492
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Technical Guide to IPSec Virtual Private Networks written by James S. Tiller and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is IPSec? What's a VPN? Why do the need each other? Virtual Private Network (VPN) has become one of the most recognized terms in our industry, yet there continuously seems to be different impressions of what VPNs really are and can become. A Technical Guide to IPSec Virtual Private Networks provides a single point of information that represents hundreds or resources and years of experience with IPSec VPN solutions. It cuts through the complexity surrounding IPSec and the idiosyncrasies of design, implementation, operations, and security. Starting with a primer on the IP protocol suite, the book travels layer by layer through the protocols and the technologies that make VPNs possible. It includes security theory, cryptography, RAS, authentication, IKE, IPSec, encapsulation, keys, and policies. After explaining the technologies and their interrelationships, the book provides sections on implementation and product evaluation. A Technical Guide to IPSec Virtual Private Networks arms information security, network, and system engineers and administrators with the knowledge and the methodologies to design and deploy VPNs in the real world for real companies.

Author : Dennis Fowler
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN 13 : 9781558605756
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Private Networks written by Dennis Fowler and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 1999-05-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dennis Fowler provides an insightful view to both the business benefits and technical requirements to VPNs. His examples of other customers' experiences with VPNs breathe life into the discussion." From the Foreword by Susan Scheer Aoko, Cisco systems, Inc. Network-dependent companies are excited by the benefits promised by the virtual private network, including lower costs, greater flexibility, and improvements in connectivity. But they also have questions: What benefits are real? How can they be measured? What are the expenses and the dangers? Virtual Private Networks: Making the Right Connection is an intelligent introduction written especially for business and IT professionals who want a realistic assessment of what a VPN can provide for their organizations. Covering advantages and risks, this book expands your understanding of what you can do with a VPN, while detailing all that implementing it will demand of you. With its help, you'll find your way through VPN hype to the answers you need to make sound decisions. Features Thoroughly explains VPN concepts and technologies, and examines the potential of VPNs as intranets, extranets, and remote access solutions. Covers essential VPN topics like tunneling, encapsulation, encryption, security, and protocols. Provides detailed points of comparison between typical VPN costs and the costs of maintaining traditional WANs. Offers frank consideration of the hidden costs and risks sometimes associated with VPNs, helping you decide if a VPN is right for you. Lists and assesses the software and hardware products you may need to implement a VPN. Discusses both Internet-based VPNs and VPN services offered by providers of "private" ATM and frame relay networks, detailing the pros and cons of each.

Author : John Mairs
Publisher : Network Professional's Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book VPNs written by John Mairs and published by Network Professional's Library. This book was released on 2002 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginners network professionals can learn how to set up a Virtual Private Network in the most secure and cost-effective way. Includes VPN blueprints for one of the fastest growing and secure methods for connecting branch offices.

Author : Oleg Kolesnikov
Publisher : Sams Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781578702664
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Linux Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) written by Oleg Kolesnikov and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors meet the growing demands of de-centralized companies that need a secure and functional network using Linux. The only book available that extensively covers the combination of VPN technology and Linux, this volume teaches first hand how to build various VPN solutions with individual setup guides.

Author : David R. Kosiur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building and Managing Virtual Private Networks written by David R. Kosiur and published by . This book was released on 1998-10-12 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know about selecting, designing, building, and managing the right VPN for your company Building and Managing Virtual Private Networks Get complete answers to all your VPN questions in Building and Managing Virtual Private Networks. International networking guru Dave Kosiur provides a candid assessment of the current state of VPN technology. With the help of fascinating and informative case studies based on the experiences of organizations at the forefront of the VPN revolution, he clearly explains the basic concepts and technologies involved, as well as the business reasons for making the switch to an Internet-based network. And he provides practical guidance on all aspects of designing, building, and managing the best VPN for your organization. You get the complete lowdown on: * The pros and cons of all VPN types now available * All major classes of VPN hardware and software * Key VPN design issues and business solutions * Detailed cost comparison * Selecting the right ISP for your VPN * Building a high-performance extranet * Remote access * VPN security threats and solutions, including best-in-class cryptographic techniques * Firewalls and routers

Author : Charlie Scott
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 9781565925298
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Private Networks written by Charlie Scott and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, only large companies could afford secure networks, which they created from expensive leased lines. Smaller folks had to make do with the relatively untrusted Internet. Nowadays, even large companies have to go outside their private nets, because so many people telecommute or log in while they're on the road. How do you provide a low-cost, secure electronic network for your organization?The solution is a virtual private network: a collection of technologies that creates secure connections or "tunnels" over regular Internet lines--connections that can be easily used by anybody logging in from anywhere. A number of products now exist to help you develop that solution.This book tells you how to plan and build a VPN. It starts with general concerns like costs, configuration, and how a VPN fits in with other networking technologies like firewalls. It continues with detailed descriptions of how to install and use VPN technologies that are available for Windows NT and Unix, such as PPTP and L2TP, Altavista Tunnel, Cisco PIX, and the secure shell (SSH).New features in the second edition include SSH, which is a popular VPN solution for Unix systems, and an expanded description of the IPSec standard, for which several vendors have announced support.Topics include: How the VPN compares to other available networking technologies Introduction to encryption, firewalls, the IPSec standard, and other technologies that let VPNs work Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) and L2TP The Altavista Tunnel The Cisco PIX Firewall Secure Shell (SSH) Maintenance and troubleshooting

Author : Mark Lewis
Publisher : Cisco Press
ISBN 13 : 9781587051043
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Troubleshooting Virtual Private Networks written by Mark Lewis and published by Cisco Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: & Learn the troubleshooting techniques that every IT professional running a Virtual Private Network (VPN) must master & & Experience real-world solutions through practice scenarios in each chapter & & An essential workplace reference guide for every VPN management site

Author : Jon C. Snader
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 0134171810
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book VPNs Illustrated written by Jon C. Snader and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual private networks (VPNs) based on the Internet instead of the traditional leased lines offer organizations of all sizes the promise of a low-cost, secure electronic network. However, using the Internet to carry sensitive information can present serious privacy and security problems. By explaining how VPNs actually work, networking expert Jon Snader shows software engineers and network administrators how to use tunneling, authentication, and encryption to create safe, effective VPNs for any environment. Using an example-driven approach, VPNs Illustrated explores how tunnels and VPNs function by observing their behavior "on the wire." By learning to read and interpret various network traces, such as those produced by tcpdump, readers will be able to better understand and troubleshoot VPN and network behavior. Specific topics covered include: Block and stream symmetric ciphers, such as AES and RC4; and asymmetric ciphers, such as RSA and EIGamal Message authentication codes, including HMACs Tunneling technologies based on gtunnel SSL protocol for building network-to-network VPNs SSH protocols as drop-in replacements for telnet, ftp, and the BSD r-commands Lightweight VPNs, including VTun, CIPE, tinc, and OpenVPN IPsec, including its Authentication Header (AH) protocol, Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP), and IKE (the key management protocol) Packed with details, the text can be used as a handbook describing the functions of the protocols and the message formats that they use. Source code is available for download, and an appendix covers publicly available software that can be used to build tunnels and analyze traffic flow. VPNs Illustrated gives you the knowledge of tunneling and VPN technology you need to understand existing VPN implementations and successfully create your own.