Vanguard Managed Solutions Vanguard 342 - Manual (Page 27)

About the Vanguard 342 1-7
Target Applications
• Address Management
- The Addresses of the clients on each of the private sites should not be the
ones used in the public domain, however, packets sent out onto the public
network must have public source/destination addresses.
• Multiprotocol Support
- The solution must be able to handle common protocols used in the
corporate network.
Cost-effective VPN Solutions
Small to Medium
Enterprise (SME) The Vanguard VPN solution is ideal for SMEs that are looking to take advantage of
the flexibility, global reach, security, and cost savings of Internet-based VPNs. The
current Vanguard installed-base can be easily upgraded to support VPN site-to-site
applications at a very competitive price point.
Hardware-based Encryption and Compression
Data Encryption
and Compression Data encryption is a very CPU intensive process and is therefore best implemented
in hardware. The VanguardMS solution provides a secure hardware-based
encryption and compression. Figure 1-1 shows an example of a secure hardware-
based VPN solution for a site-to-site application.
Hardware Options
The three hardware options available are the DES (56-bit), Triple-DES (112-bit)
Encryption and Compression SIMMs and the ECC DIMM which supports DES,
Triple-DES (168-bit) AES.
Figure 1-1. Hardware-based VPN Solution for Site-to-Site Applications.
Remote Site
Remote Site
Central Site
Internet or
IP Network