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Newsletter - March 2006

Our newsletter highlights new services and content on SSL VPN Central. It also introduces our new partners who will share their knowledge about security policies, best practices, technologies and products on SSL VPN Central. You can view the full content for each topic by selecting the relevant link.

In this issue:

  1. Best Practices Column: Accessing Complex Web Applications

  2. Using SSL VPNs with Microsoft and Citrix Terminal Servers

  3. Online Access Gateway Selection Guide: NeoAccel SSL VPN Plus

  4. SSL VPN Gateway Evaluation Guide: Whale's Intelligent Application Gateway

Best Practices Column: Accessing Complex Web Applications

SSL VPN Central publishes a monthly series of "best practices" columns which focus on the practical application of products, technologies and services in SSL-based access networks. Each column is written by an author with in-depth knowledge of security policy and solution implementations.

In this month's guest column With SSL VPNs It's Best To Stick With Application-Layer Connectivity, Justin Kapahi, Director of Systems Engineering at Whale Communications explains how web applications can create problems for SSL VPNs and why organizations should carefully consider the trade-offs between application and lower layer, SSL connection methods. His conclusion: the real power of an SSL VPN is displayed when organizations stick to higher layers for all their web applications.

Using SSL VPNs with Microsoft and Citrix Terminal Servers

In the age of web applications its easy to overlook the fact that thousands of organizations still rely on either Microsoft Terminal Servers or Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Servers. If yours does and you are planning on implementing an SSL VPN gateway, we recommend that you download the presentation Using SSL VPNs to Secure Citrix® and Microsoft® Terminal Server Environments by Joel Snyder, a senior partner with Opus One, a consulting firm in Tucson, Arizona. He examines the security benefits of using thin-client application proxies in SSL VPN Gateways. This webcast was sponsored by AEP Networks and includes a brief review of its NSP appliance.

Online Access Gateway Selection Guide: NeoAccel SSL VPN Plus™

The NeoAccel SSL VPN Plus is the latest addition to our online Access Gateway Selection Guide.

NeoAccel™ claims its line of SSL VPN-Plus products "solves two key issues unaddressed in traditional SSL VPN solutions. NeoAccel has developed one of the only SSL VPN gateways capable of providing complete access to all layer 3-7 protocols (IP, UDP, TCP, etc), and enterprise applications in a web-installed, zero-administration remote client. And, our SSL VPN-Plus software eliminates the TCP-over-TCP meltdown and context-switching overhead that affects conventional SSL VPN deployments. Through a comprehensive gateway kernel rewrite and SSL stack reengineering, NeoAccel’s SSL VPN-Plus is able to deliver performance levels above that of IPSec configurations. Applications requiring low latency and quick access to corporate networks, like VoIP, run flawlessly even in a wireless environment over the NeoAccel™ platform." These claims are attention-getting and worthy of your evaluation especially if you intend to run real-time applications over low quality wireless networks.

You can start by viewing the NeoAccel entry in our Access Gateway Selection Guide.

SSL VPN Gateway Evaluation Guide: Whale's Intelligent Application Gateway

More than 300 enterprises, IT service providers and government organizations already rely on the most comprehensive, affordable and easy-to-use SSL VPN Gateway Evaluation Guides available today.

Our 25-page guide for the Whale Communications Intelligent Gateway is being updated this month and will be available on a complimentary basis to qualifying organizations starting March 20. You can register now.

Key Trends in SSL VPNs

Download this recorded webinar to learn about the significant technology and product trends driving the rapid adoption of SSL VPN gateways.

Presenter: Dana Hendrickson, founder and publisher of SSL VPN Central and director of Breakaway Security.

On-line Survey #1: Current SSL VPN Usage Patterns

We are currently conducting a survey to determine how SSL and IPSec VPNs are being used together in remote access networks. View survey

As an extra incentive for you to share your experiences with other users of SSL VPN Central, the Breakaway Security Group will make a donation to Habitat for Humanity. each time an organization submits a completed survey.

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