Topic: VPN access

13 June 2007

SonicWall buys Aventail on the cheap

By John E. Dunn, Techworld

Remote access specialist Aventail is to be acquired by larger rival SonicWall for $25 million in cash. Read more...

13 September 2006

A browser for Internet 2.0?

By John E. Dunn

Does the world really need another browser when it has plenty of perfectly mediocre, vulnerability-riddled ones available for download already? You can have IE (more of the same unless you buy in to the idea that IE 7 will solve world hunger), Mozilla Firefox (worthy features, but not always the ones you care about) and Opera (it’s Norwegian). Read more...

28 February 2007

In VNO veritas

By Jennifer McAdams, Network World

Many companies are finding that a virtual network operator can provide better service and greater customisation than can a network owner. Read more...

02 May 2006

Rules to keep users in their places

By Mathias Thurman, Computerworld

The rules of least privilege and separation of duties can and should keep users out of network places they don't belong. Read more...

16 January 2006

WatchGuard FireBox SSL VPN

By David Cartwright, Techworld

• List price: WatchGuard
• Pros: Inexpensive; Both full and portal-based access to the corporate network; Either full or split tunnelling; A non-rocket-scientist can make VPNs work
• Cons: It?s a bit weird having buttons and LAN ports that don?t do anything; Error logging could be a bit more friendly (it relies too much on you reading Unix system logs) Read more...

21 November 2006

Remote control: not just for techies

By Sue Hildreth, Computerworld

Fed up with fixing VPN, security and dial-up issues for your remote users? Some organisations are now giving remote control software to end users too, and surprise surprise, it works. Read more...

30 March 2005

Johnson & Johnson tackles security pain

By Ellen Messmer, Network World

How standardised risk assessment procedures made inter-company links faster to set up, and safer too. Read more...