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IPSEC Question Henry Hub 04-26-2007
Posted by Henry Hub on April 26, 2007, 6:42 pm
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Do I need IPSec on a standalone workstation running XPpro connected to
the internet?

Would not having IPSec running compromise my system.

Henry Hub

Posted by Sebastian G. on April 26, 2007, 11:20 pm
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Henry Hub wrote:

> Do I need IPSec on a standalone workstation running XPpro connected to
> the internet?
>
> Would not having IPSec running compromise my system.


Is your Google defective? Your connection to the server ietf.org broken?

Posted by Henry Hub on April 27, 2007, 6:10 am
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Sebastian G. wrote:
> Henry Hub wrote:
>
>> Do I need IPSec on a standalone workstation running XPpro connected to
>> the internet?
>>
>> Would not having IPSec running compromise my system.
>
>
> Is your Google defective? Your connection to the server ietf.org broken?

Oh goody, Just what I wanted to do - spend a few hours reading through
stacks of IETF drafts!

Anyway it looks as if I only need IPsec if I want to set up a VPN

Posted by Sebastian G. on April 27, 2007, 6:26 am
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Henry Hub wrote:


>> Is your Google defective? Your connection to the server ietf.org broken?
>
> Oh goody, Just what I wanted to do - spend a few hours reading through
> stacks of IETF drafts!


Just reading the introduction that tells about the purpose of IPsec would
already be enough.

> Anyway it looks as if I only need IPsec if I want to set up a VPN


Wrong.

Posted by Henry Hub on April 27, 2007, 4:54 pm
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Henry Hub wrote:
> Do I need IPSec on a standalone workstation running XPpro connected to
> the internet?
>
> Would not having IPSec running compromise my system.
>
> Henry Hub


By the way, if anyone else in interested a fairly basic one page
explanation of IPsec read the following:

http://www.pluralsite.com/wiki/default.aspx/Keith.GuideBook/WhatIsIPSEC.html

Henry Hub

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