VPN Concentrator and CISCO PIX

HashSlinging · 21-06-2005 08:48AM #1

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

Sponge Bob · 21-06-2005 12:12PM

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

Sleipnir · 21-06-2005 12:44PM

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)

Capt'n Midnight · 21-06-2005 01:03PM

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 ?

Sponge Bob · 21-06-2005 01:08PM

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

HashSlinging · 21-06-2005 02:28PM

Im gonna get you sponge BOB!!!

thanks guys

VPN Concentrator and CISCO PIX

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