
Chapter 21
Kerio VPN
WinRoute enables secure interconnection of remote private networks using an encrypted tunnel and it provides clients secure access to their local networks via the Internet. This method of interconnection of networks (and of access of remote clients to local net- works) is called virtual private network (VPN ). WinRoute includes a proprietary imple- mentation of VPN, called “Kerio VPN ”.
Kerio VPN is designed so that it can be used simultaneously with the firewall and with NAT (even along with multiple translations). Creation of an encrypted tunnel between networks and setting remote access of clients at the server is very easy.
Kerio VPN enables creation of any number of encrypted
Individual hosts can also connect to the VPN server in WinRoute (secured
Remote connections of clients are performed through Kerio VPN Client, included in WinRoute (for a detailed description, view the
Note: For deployment of the Kerio VPN , it is supposed that WinRoute is installed at a host which is used as an Internet gateway. If this condition is not met, Kerio VPN can also be used, but the configuration can be quite complicated.
Benefits of Kerio VPN
In comparison with other products providing secure interconnection of networks via the Internet, the Kerio VPN solution provides several benefits and additional features.
•Easy configuration (only a few basic parameters are required for creation of tunnels and for configuration of servers which clients will connect to).
•No additional software is required for creation of new tunnels (Kerio VPN Client must be installed at remote clients — installation file of the application is 4 MB).