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Firewall VPN

The role of a Firewall is to keep out unwanted intruders while a VPN provides inter-office connectivity and secure controlled access for staff and business partners.

Firewall

A Firewall has traditionally been the first line of defence at the point where your private network meets the Internet. If you are unclear about the role of a Firewall see Why I need a firewall. With the multi-gigabit throughput capabilities of the latest ASIC based appliances from vendors like Juniper Networks it is now possible to position additional Firewalls at the core of the network. These can be used to protect sensitive servers, secure wireless networks or manage the relationship between departmental VLAN's.

X.COMM has partnered with one of the worlds leading Firewall vendors. The Juniper Networks appliances are powerful, easy to deploy and blisteringly fast. They range from sub £500 units for home workers, micro branches and retail outlets through to multi-gigabit systems for the most demanding core network environments.

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Virtual Private Networks

A VPN carries data securely over an insecure network such as the Internet. It works by tunnelling the data in an encrypted IPsec or SSL envelope. This protects your data from prying eyes and makes it just about impossible to tamper with. The IPsec standard is ideal for site-to-site links and small remote access deployments while an SSL VPN is perfect for larger remote access requirements. See VPN Technology for a backgrounder on VPN and the relative strengths of each system.

All Juniper Network Firewall appliances come with a feature rich embedded VPN Gateway together with IPSec clients for all current Windows platforms. For global roaming users an ideal adjunct to any VPN system is iPass. IPass integrates more than 300 provider networks into a single service covering over 40,000 access points today.

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