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Free SSL VPN Solutions?
poison1701 asks: "I am in the process of evaluating SSL VPN solutions to comply with the security regulations that are imposed on my company. So far the only free SSL VPN product I have come across is SSL Explorer Community Edition which looks like a very good product, but the free version lacks some of the features that I want (like the full IPSec client). What other SSL VPN solutions are out there? "
If you're in a regulated environment, odds are that you're making enough money that spending a little money on some professional consulting time (or perhaps the software itself) for this problem is a far better solution than Asking Slashdot(tm).
Having said that, there are plenty of roll-your-own SSL VPN solutions out there - many of which are open source. I'd recommend starting with Google.
The question is lame. Personally, it sounds like someone trying to get traffic driven to their site than a genuine Ask Slashdot.
I'm a bit confused, too, about why IPSec is a requirement if you are looking to use an SSL VPN?
In the meantime, just check out openssl.org.
Gee, if only there were a way to search previous articles. Oh, wait! There is!
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First we had this yesterday as news: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/25/121124 2
That was an obvious advertisement in the form of a "research" of "the best torrent site". The best, according to that "research" was the one no one has ever heard of, and that requires you to pay for most of torrent links.
Now this.
The obviousness that this is some kind of hidden SSLExplorer commercial is blinding.
Whats up editors?
I didn't see where he said web. SSL doesn't mean web based.
He pointed to SSL Explorer, which is a Web Based VPN. But, as a web based vpn, it doesn't give you a full internal ip. My belief was that that by pointing to a web based vpn, called SSL Explorer, he thought SSL based VPN meant Web Based VPN.
You're right, he never said Web Based directly, but his use of the technology, the stuff he pointed to as examples, etc. lead me to believe that we need to get the terminology down before going forward.
Can I get an eye poke?
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Actually, with most Ask Slashdot submissions, there is a significant (if not a majority) of comments which simply rant about how irrelevant whatever the question is. They forward them off to Google or a professional.
While on-topic, not flamebait and not trolls (although I'd call them trolls), these posts contribute absolutely nothing to the discussion. Because they are almost the same post regardless of the question... "Well, since (blah) and since (blah), you shouldn't ask Slashdot. Why don't you talk to (blah) or search Google instead."... they are very much redundant.
Assume the guy did search Google and will be talking with a (blah) as a last resort, and if you can't post a legitimate answer then move on to the next story.
SSL isn't necessarily related to the web or HTTP. Other protocol can be (and are) tunneled over SSL. See also: SSL.