We have had a IPSec vpn remote access solution for some time, but want to mo
ve
this over to a SSL based solution.  Our problem has been this is for only ab
out
a half a dozen users and so $$$ is a real issue.

We got excited about the SonicWall SSL-VPN 200.  ~$500 bucks, and the docume
ntation
said it would do everything we wanted.  The problem documentation is, uhmm,
misleading, to put it gently.  SonicWall tends to mix the capabilities of th
e
SSL-VPN 200 with those of its bigger brother the SSL-VPN 2000.  So the fact 
that
the 200 will only do a ActiveX client and won't do a Java client is well hid
den.
Does you a fat lot of good when half of you client machines are Macs or Linu
x.

There are other things, but suffice it to say that we returned that product 
with a
vengence.

I'm currently doing some experimenting with the community edition of SSL-exp
lorer
from 3sp.  It works and its free - whats not to like?  Well, the documentati
on is
lacking (what is there is accurate, though), its a little funky to setup, th
e user
interface is a bit inconsistant, and the pure Java client is a little slow. 
 I'm
not sure that the enterprise version addresses these issues or not.

Anyway, can someone tell me what other low-end ssl based vpn systems are ava
ilable?
(Yes, I've DAGS, but I'm not finding a whole bunch)

Frank Stutzman

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Frank Stutzman <stutzman@skylane.kjsl.com> writes:
> Anyway, can someone tell me what other low-end ssl based vpn systems
> are available?

You might consider http://www.openvpn.net, which has no $ cost.

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