Chapter 12. The Remote-User Design

Terms you'll need to understand:

  • Software access option

  • Remote site firewall option

  • Hardware VPN client option

  • Remote site broadband router option

  • CRL

Techniques you'll need to master:

  • Performing threat analysis against VPN services

  • Evaluating remote-user connectivity needs

Chapter 10, “The Small Network Implementation,” and Chapter 11, “The Medium Network Implementation,” dealt with fixed locations, where everything is (nominally, at least) under the control of the IT organization, even if that is outsourced. When we look at securing remote users, however, we face a different kind of problem: Sometimes although the principal information asset is the organization's property, it is not under the organization's actual control. ...

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