Guide to Virtual Private Networks | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tim A. Bourne, Tamas Gaidosch, Charles Kunzinger, Laura Rademacher, Andreas Weinfurter
Creator: Martin W. Murhammer
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
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Pages: 174
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0130839647
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.028546
EAN: 9780130839640
ASIN: 0130839647
Publication Date: February 15, 1999
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| Editorial Reviews:
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What makes Internet Protocol Security Architecture (IPSec) virtual private networks (VPNs) secure? A Guide to Virtual Private Networks does a great job of explaining the processes that--in theory, anyway--do. The book covers the data-handling and security aspects of these VPNs with an eye toward implementing one. You'll find a comprehensive portrait of the technologies that define VPNs governed by the IPSec specification. This book clearly explains how the Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) and the Oakley key-exchange protocol work. It also provides details on how Internet Key Exchange (IKE) works under ISAKMP/Oakley. The workings of all these protocols are explained by dissecting transactions into their individual phases, enabling you to follow what happens and design your VPN to be as efficient and secure as possible. Three VPN implementation scenarios are presented, including individual users accessing a VPN via dial-up connections to the Internet, geographically separate organizational LANs linked to each other across the public network, and an extranet that includes semitrusted customers or suppliers. Each of these scenarios includes information on router and firewall configuration. --David Wall
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 Reads nice but leaves out many details December 9, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is very brief and provides little detailed information of IPSec. While the content is technically correct, much of the technology is not included, or breezed over. And what is explained is not as in-depth as I was expecting. An example is that Phase 1 Agressive Mode was not even mentioned! Remote access concepts consume three pages and remote user support is the fastest growing aspect of VPNs right now (that will change, of course). This book is pure academia in that the authors are obviously familiar with the IBM solutions and with the IPSec RFCs, but that's where it stops. This book contains little insight and reflects the RFCs verbatum. Examples of deployment concepts were limited and gave the impression that the authors had little experience implementing VPNs. This is not to say that the book contains incorrect information, but resemble a "perfect world" atmosphere. While the standards provide a means to build the designs in the book, many vendor implementations do not support them, as of yet. I am writing this poor review because it came highly recommended by a VPN developer. Ironically, compared to many books on IPSec, this one still provides ample detail in easy to read verbiage that should please any technical novice. Anyone who is experienced with VPNs and wants to advance themselves with the technology, this book is a good start, but there is much, much more than meets the eye when reading this book.
 Decent technical depth but choppy and very IBM-centric August 21, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book gave decent technical detail but did not flow well - too choppy for me. Also, the book was very IBM centric. It should have been titled - Excerpts of Virtual Private Networking and IBM Sales Guide.
For technical audiences, a good, up-to-date VPN book. June 2, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a technically rich book for understanding VPN architectures. If you are interested in packet structures, tunnel options, negotiation processes, design considerations, and VPN algorithms, this is a good book for you. Although the non-technical audience might be put off by the technical depth, a systems engineer will be delighted. If you want to know how IKE is negotiated - and where to put your firewalls - buy this book. If you want to know more about the business advantages of VPNs, plus good technical information, look up Dave Kosiur's Building and Managing Virtual Private Networks.
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