VPN Solutions

VPN is Based on the IPSec Standard

Traditional remote access required companies to lease expensive, dedicated data lines or maintain modem banks, telephone lines, and pay telecommunication usage charges to support dial-up users. The prohibitive costs of dedicated data lines forced most small and medium organizations to use slow, dial-up connections for remote access. Even this option was expensive and complex to deploy.

With the advent of affordable broadband and standards-based VPN, organizations can bypass these expensive and complex remote access solutions. A VPN delivers remote access via ubiquitous Internet connections. With today’s VPN technology and broadband connections, companies of any size use the Internet to securely extend the reach of their network resources. With the advent of ubiquitous Internet access and VPN technology, remote access is handled through the same connection used for Internet service.

Working Smarter with VPNs

SonicWALL VPN enables simple and cost effective remote access for telecommuters, branch offices, partners and others you want to give access to your network resources. SonicWALL’s IPSec-based VPN seamlessly operates with SonicWALL Internet security appliances to create an integrated security and remote access solution. Because SonicWALL VPN is based on the IPSec standard, it’s compatible with other VPN gateways, including Check Point Firewall-1, Cisco PIX, Nortel Contivity and Axent Raptor. SonicWALL VPN is easy to set up using the streamlined Web-based interface incorporated in every SonicWALL Internet security appliance.

Integrated Security and VPN Solution

SonicWALL delivers integrated security and VPN solutions tailored to the needs of an organization. VPN Appliances are an integrated VPN gateway and security platform that can be seamlessly snapped together like LEGOs™ to create a cost-effective, modular security and remote access solution to for supporting the distributed workplace. SonicWALL’s renowned ease-of use enables small and medium organizations to deploy an enterprise class security and VPN solution within the constraints of limited IT resources.

Operating System

Utilizing SonicWALL’s feature-rich SonicOS operating system, SonicWALL VPN appliances offer a choice between absolute ease-of-use for basic networks and ultimate flexibility for networks with more complex needs. SonicOS Standard allows rapid deployment in basic networks with a user-friendly Web interface and powerful wizards. Building upon SonicOS Standard, SonicOS Enhanced is an optional software upgrade that provides advanced features including WAN ISP Fail-Over, Object-Based Management and Policy-Based NAT, for more complex network installations. With integrated support for SonicWALL’s portfolio of optional security services, VPN appliances provide rock-solid network security, powerful performance and low total-cost-of-ownership in a flexible, scalable solution.

  VPN Management

Global Management System (GMS) allows your organization to define, deploy, and enforce security policies across the distributed network from a central location. Via a secure VPN tunnel, a single administrator can manage remote SonicWALL VPN Appliances to ensure uniform security and VPN policies are pushed to all remote sites. This centralized management of your security and VPN system eliminates the user from the security management matrix to ensure uniform policies across all your remote sites.

  Protect Your Security and VPN Investment

VPN Scalability considerations must be made for future growth of the organization. For the security solution to be able to grow with the organization, it must be able to scale in terms of the number of users or size of the network it supports. Any security platform you choose should provide an upgrade path for supporting more users as well as integrating new security services, such as VPN, virus protection, and content filtering. Choosing a security platform that is unable to scale means expensive upgrades or deploying multiple devices where a single device would have been sufficient.

VPN Client Software Delivers Secure Access

Using the Global VPN Client, mobile users can securely connect to their office network's IPSec-compliant VPN gateway and enjoy the benefits of broadband performance and the privacy of a Virtual Private Network (VPN). The SonicWALL Global VPN Client provides mobile users with secure, easy-to-use access to mission-critical network resources behind a SonicWALL VPN gateway via broadband, wireless and dial-up connections.

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