Vanguard Managed Solutions 342 installation manual Hardware Options

Target Applications

•Address Management

-The Addresses of the clients on each of the private sites should not be the ones used in the public domain, however, packets sent out onto the public network must have public source/destination addresses.

•Multiprotocol Support

-The solution must be able to handle common protocols used in the corporate network.

Cost-effective VPN Solutions

Small to Medium The Vanguard VPN solution is ideal for SMEs that are looking to take advantage of Enterprise (SME) the flexibility, global reach, security, and cost savings of Internet-based VPNs. The current Vanguard installed-base can be easily upgraded to support VPN site-to-site

applications at a very competitive price point.

Hardware-based Encryption and Compression

Data Encryption Data encryption is a very CPU intensive process and is therefore best implemented and Compression in hardware. The VanguardMS solution provides a secure hardware-based

encryption and compression. Figure 1-1shows an example of a secure hardware- based VPN solution for a site-to-site application.

Hardware Options

The three hardware options available are the DES (56-bit), Triple-DES (112-bit)

Encryption and Compression SIMMs and the ECC DIMM which supports DES,

Triple-DES (168-bit) AES.

Central Site

Remote Site

Internet or

IP Network

Remote Site

Figure 1-1. Hardware-based VPN Solution for Site-to-Site Applications.

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