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VPN Concentrator and CISCO PIX

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  • 21-06-2005 8:48am
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    HashSlinging
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    Hi All,

    Can anyone tell me the difference between a normal VPN box, and a VPN Concentrator, are they basically the same thing but different branding.

    Also is a cisco PIX a hardened stand-alone firewall running its own software, or does it do something else.

    Thanks


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    Sponge Bob
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    no difference really , a pix is a vpn concentator / box and firewall


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    Sleipnir
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    PIX sits on an appliance which runs it's own secure OS.
    Not sure if you can still get a software-only version of it for Windows platforms (persumably you can)


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Sleipnir wrote:
    PIX sits on an appliance which runs it's own secure OS.
    Not sure if you can still get a software-only version of it for Windows platforms (persumably you can)
    Isn't PIX a firewall ?
    'cos if so then the very last place you want to have it is on a Windows box as it would be undermined by the holes in the OS.

    Maybe there is a PIX client for windows ?


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    Sponge Bob
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    a cisco pix is a box with its own software and vpn capabilities (various kinds of them) built in .


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    #6
    HashSlinging
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    Im gonna get you sponge BOB!!!

    thanks guys


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