Virtual Private Networking: A View from the Trenches - Rilegato

Perlmutter, Bruce; Zarkower, Jonathan

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0130203351 ISBN 13: 9780130203359

Casa editrice: Prentice Hall, 2000

Riassunto

VPNs are rapidly becoming the networking technology of choice for companies that want to link their locations, customers, and/or suppliers cost-effectively. This hands-on, "in-the-trenches" guidebook cuts through the VPN hype, helping any network professional build, secure, and manage a VPN successfully. The book covers both business and technical aspects of VPN consideration, planning, design, implementation, and ongoing management. Discover what VPNs are and how they work; make the business case for building a VPN; and determine whether to build it yourself or outsource it to an Internet service provider. Compare VPN deployment models; understand the L2TP tunneling protocol; learn your options for providing consistent Quality of Service and service-level guarantees; and more. The book also contains six detailed case studies; a full chapter on service provider VPN offerings; and a preview of the future of VPNs.

Su questo libro

L'autore

Bruce Perlmutter is Senior Engineer at Nortel Networks in Billerica, MA, where he designs and builds VPN products for Nortel. Jonathan L. Zarkower is Product Manager at Nortel Networks in Billerica, MA

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Everybody's talking about VPN technology-now you can do something about it!

Virtual Private Networking: A View from the Trenches lets you cut through the hype and get down to building VPNs that really work to increase your productivity as you cut your costs.

The authors use their hard-earned experience to help you avoid the pitfalls in developing, implementing, and maintaining VPNs. And they know there is more than one side to every story. Using case studies to illustrate their discussion, Perlmutter and Zarkower present both the business aspects and the technical viewpoints, considering both enterprise users and service providers.

Systems engineers and network administrators will appreciate the nuts-and-bolts advice on implementing appropriate VPN strategies:

• Get expert tips for design, migration, implementation, and ongoing management
• Develop a holistic approach that includes such elements as User Authentication and Quality of Service to make your network run more smoothly
• Learn about deployment levels, tunneling protocols, service level guarantees, and traffic management

Service providers will get the low-down on VPN hosting:

• Increase profitability with new value-added services
• Utilize existing resources for new purposes
• Learn what subscribers are looking for in VPNs and how to give it to them
• Plan for the future with non-dial remote access and next generation security
• Get acquainted with new approaches to authentication such as Biometrics

Business users will find a wealth of information on what to expect-and what not to expect-from VPNs:

• Learn how to weave VPN technology into your overall MIS strategy, integrating it with legacy systems and building toward the future
• See how VPNs can facilitate e-commerce as well as intra-organizational networking
• Determine your organization's needs to find the right balance of security and convenience
• Discover the "decision points" that will help you choose the best vendors, or help you decide to keep development in-house

Virtual Private Networking: A View from the Trenches gives you the real low-down in straightforward terms that make it accessible without sacrificing accuracy. Loads of anecdotes and illustrations keep the subject interesting-and relevant to real-life situations. Virtual Private Networking: A View from the Trenches is the one book to get you going, and keep you going, in the brave new world of VPNs.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Prentice Hall
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0130203351
• ISBN 13: 9780130203359
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 268
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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