VPN for the masses

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 61 KB
• Volume: 2004
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1353-4858
• DOI: 10.1016/s1353-4858(04)00128-x

✦ Synopsis

head of corporate marketing at Juniper in EMEA, said the company had been looking at ways to broaden the appeal of SSL VPN beyond the enterprise level. "All the SSL VPN vendors have been focused on the big corporate market, since that is where the pain is, with lots of remote users".

The RA 500 has been designed for use by a smaller number of users, he said, but does not believe it to be "just a cut-down product. We've optimized it for businesses that can't afford security specialist staff".

He added that the product reflects Juniper's determination not to squander the Netscreen and Neoteris technologies that nestle within the parent company like a nest of Russian dolls. "We have an