CHAPTER SUMMARY
This chapter discussed the different types, design, configuration, implementation, and testing of VPNs. It also discussed the main VPN technologies available on the market and best practices for implementation. VPNs can provide remote clients access to your internal network in a host-to-gateway configuration. VPNs provide access between two offices in the same organization using a gateway-to-gateway model.
Many different VPN applications are available. Microsoft provides VPN solutions built into the server OS. Cisco and other vendors sell VPN appliances for easy installation and configuration. You can use Windows, Linux, or other OSs and install free VPN solutions such as OpenVPN.
VPNs are becoming a part of everyday life ...
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