BUILDING AND MANAGING VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS

Building and Managing Virtual Private Networks

Dave Kosiur

This page is intended to provide updated information related to Virtual Private Networks, including updates on bibliography information in the book, new white papers, emerging technologies, and other VPN-related tidbits. Additional items and updates will be posted here as they become available.

Important Web sites related to Virtual Private Networks.

• Automotive Network eXchange
• ANX Ottawa Test Results
• Bay Networks' VPN ROI Calculator
• IPSec Papers, RFCs
• L2F vs PPTP
• L2TP
• Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
• SKIP IP-level Encryption
• S/WAN
• SOCKS5 Framework Site
• VPN Information Center
• VPN Source Page

Security-Related Sites

• Cryptographic Protocols and Standards
• International Computer Security Association
• Koops' Crypto Law Survey
• NIST Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse
• Security Working Group News

Internet and Related Information

• CIX (Commercial Internet Exchange)
• IETF
• Internet Infrastructure, Service Provider Links, Topology Maps
• Mapnet
• Russ Haynal's ISP Page

White Papers:

• Business Case for VPNs (Bay Networks)
• The Business Case for Secure VPNs (Timestep)
• The Business Case for Secure VPNs (PDF version) (Timestep)
• Dynamic Virtual Private Networks (Tradewave)
• eNetwork VPNs - IBM's Virtual Private Network Solutions (IBM)
• EXTRANETS: Applications, Technologies, Security and the Move to Single-Platform Connectivity (OneBox Networks)
• IP Security (Ascend Communications)
• Private Use of Public Networks for Enterprise Customers (3Com)
• Redefining the Virtual Private Network (VPN) (CheckPoint)
• Remote Access Security: An Overview (Shiva Corp.)
• Solutions for Virtual Private Dialup Networks (Cisco)
• Understanding and Implementing Virtual Private Networking (VPN) Services (Bay Networks)
• Understanding the IPSEC Protocol Suite (Timestep)
• Understanding the IPSEC Protocol Suite (PDF version) (Timestep)
• Understanding Today's Choices for Building Service Provider Virtual Private Networks (Cisco)
• Virtual Private Networks Resource Guide (Ascend Networks)
• Virtual Private Networks Resource Guide (PDF Version) (Ascend Networks)
• Virtual Private Networking: The Next Revolution in Corporate Productivity (Shiva Corp.)
• Virtual Private Network Security Components (CheckPoint)

Other Related Information at this Site:

• Feature Tables of VPN Products
• VPN Vendor/Product List
• Pointers to Online Product Reviews

VPN-related RFCs:

• Searchable RFC List at ISI

Locations for finding VPN-related Internet-drafts organized according to the IETF Working Groups:

• Access, Searching and Indexing of Directories (asid)
• Authenticated Firewall Traversal (aft)
• Differentiated Services (diffserv)
• DNS IXFR, Notification, and Dynamic Update (dnsind)
• Domain Name System Security (dnssec)
• Dynamic Host Configuration (dhc)
• Electronic Data Interchange-Internet Integration (ediint)
• IP Performance Metrics (ippm)
• IP Security Protocol (ipsec)
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls)
• Network Address Translators (nat)
• One Time Password Authentication (otp)
• Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions (pppext)
• Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509) (pkix)
• Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (radius)
• Resource Reservation Setup Protocol (rsvp)
• RSVP Admission Policy (rap)
• Site Security Handbook (ssh)
• Simple Public Key Infrastructure (spki)
• Transport Layer Security (tls)
• Individual Submissions (not assigned to a specific WG)

Additional items will be added to this page as they become available.

Questions, comments, concerns, or kudos can be directed to Dave Kosiur.

Thanks for the interest!

ISBN 0-471-16519-0
383pages
November, 1996

Wiley Computer Publishing
Timely. Practical. Reliable.

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