VPN Protocols Compared (cont.)
IPsec
- Early deployment for IPv4/IPv6; products becoming more widely available
- 3Com, BSDI, Cisco, DEC, FTP Software, IBM, Linux, Mentat, Microsoft, Nortel, Novell, Process, Sun
- Integral portion of IETF's security framework
- Robust, flexible, scalable, extendable!!
- Probably best way to go in the future for VPNs