About Soft-Pk & Sidewinder Vpns - Secure Computing ADMINGUIDEREVA Manual

About Soft-PK & Sidewinder VPNs
About Soft-PK &
Sidewinder VPNs
1
Sidewinder VPN
connection providing
secure data transmission
between a remote
system running Soft-PK
and your internal
1-2 Getting Started
Soft-PK is security software for remote PC users. It is designed to
provide data privacy between remote users and a corporate network.
Industry-standard encryption and user verification routines protect the
data sent over the connection. Soft-PK conforms to Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards for TCP/IP and IP Security
(IPSec) protocols.
Soft-PK works with the Secure Computing Sidewinder firewall to
establish secure VPNs over public and private networks. Information
passed across a VPN is encrypted, ensuring privacy and
confidentiality.
Figure 1-1.
Protected Network
network(s)
Note: In a VPN connection, keep in mind that the definition of "remote" depends on
perspective. From the Sidewinder's point of view, the remote end is a system connecting
from the Internet. From the Soft-PK system's point of view, the remote end is the Sidewinder
(VPN gateway) and the protected network.
Using Soft-PK, a mobile employee or telecommuter can establish
authenticated and encrypted access with networks protected by
Secure Computing's fully IKE (Internet Key Exchange) compliant
Sidewinder firewall. Remote users can access secure corporate
resources using either public networks or corporate dial-up lines.
Internet
Sidewinder
VPN
Soft-PK
Internet
= VPN tunnel
= Data