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32BitsOnline: Review of V-One’s Instant Extranet Server for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 21, 2000

[ Thanks to John
Lasser
for this link. ]

“One of the “most wanted” requirements for e-business is the
secure communications channel. In pre-Internet times, the answer
was easy, but very expensive – lease or buy a private telco
circuit. Today, the Internet is a low cost communication
medium, but is it secure? No way! This is where VPNs(Virtual
Private Networks) come in. It is the “cutting edge” technology that
enables secure communications over the Internet.”

“There are many vendors that provide VPN building blocks –
hardware, software, or combinations of both. One of them is V-One
Corporation. Its main product, SmartGate, is a VPN client/server
solution.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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