I remember the days when you could set up dial-up modems and have users connect to your NT 4.0 Server using Remote Access Service (RAS). Combining multiple modems in a multilink to increase bandwidth ...

Network gateway provider Net6 announced on Monday the availability of release 4.0 of its Hybrid-VPN Gateway, a secure remote access product that the company says combines the strengths of IPSec and ...

A leading SSL VPN vendor has admitted that the window of opportunity for SSL VPN -- today's main rival to IPSec VPN -- may only last another few years. A leading SSL VPN vendor has admitted that the ...

Virtual private networks, or VPNs, extend the reach of LANs without requiring owned or leased private lines. Companies can use VPNs to provide remote and mobile users with network access, connect ...

IPSec arrived first on the scene and still rules site-to-site VPNs, but SSL has won converts on the remote access side thanks to its relative simplicity. When IP VPNs came on the scene in the late ...

As as one of their many challenges, IT staffs must provide secure remote access to data and applications from outside the confines of the enterprise. IPSec-style VPNs are no longer up to the task, ...

“Clientless VPN” technology is catching on as the term that describes products that serve as an alternative to traditional IP Security-based VPNs. These products come into play when an IPSec-based VPN ...

We looked at six VPN routers designed for small businesses, ranging from the popular Cisco brand to lesser-known names like DrayTek and UTT Technologies. We setup and evaluated each to determine how ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Software ...