Table Of Contents
Product Bulletin No. 2224
Product Migration Options
Additional Information
Product Bulletin No. 2224
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life
Announcement for the Cisco Secure VPN Client
Cisco Systems® announces the end of life of the Cisco® Secure VPN Client. The last day to order the Cisco Secure VPN Client is December 30, 2003. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until December 30, 2006. Table 1 provides end-of-life milestones and dates for the Cisco Secure VPN Client.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco VPN Client. In addition to offering more features and functions, the Cisco VPN Client Version 3.6 is in the process of being FIPS certified, (Federal Information Processing Standard for Unclassified cryptography, specific to product model and software version). Information about this product can be found at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/index.html
Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating from the Cisco Secure VPN Client to the Cisco VPN Client
Table 1 End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Secure VPN Client
Milestone
|
Definition
|
Date
|
End-of-life announcement date
|
The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to the general public.
|
June 30, 2003
|
End-of-sale date
|
The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.
|
December 30, 2003
|
Last shipment date
|
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
|
March 30, 2004
|
End of new service attachment date
|
For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract.
|
December 30, 2004
|
End of service contract renewal date
|
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. The extension or renewal period cannot extend beyond the last date of support.
|
August 30, 2006
|
Last date of support
|
The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.
|
December 30, 2006
|
Table 2 Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number
|
Product Description
|
VPN-SW-DES-100
VPN-SW-DES-100=
|
Cisco Secure VPN Software for up to 100 users. Includes 56-bit DES, Windows 95/98 NT 4.0 Client.
|
VPN-SW-3DES-100
VPN-SW-3DES-100=
|
Cisco Secure VPN Software for up to 100 users. Includes 168-bit 3DES, Windows 95/98 NT 4.0 Client.
|
VPN-SW-DES-1000
VPN-SW-DES-1000=
|
Cisco Secure VPN Software for up to 1000 users. Includes 56-bit DES, Windows 95/98 NT 4.0 Client.
|
VPN-SW-3DES-1000
VPN-SW-3DES-1000=
|
Cisco Secure VPN Software for up to 1000 users. Includes 168-bit 3DES, Windows 95/98 NT 4.0 Client.
|
VPN-SW-DES-UR
VPN-SW-DES-UR=
|
Cisco Secure VPN Software for an unrestricted number of users. Includes 56-bit DES, Windows 95/98 NT 4.0 Client.
|
VPN-SW-3DES-UR
VPN-SW-3DES-UR=
|
Cisco Secure VPN Software for an unrestricted number of users. Includes 168-bit 3DES, Windows 95/98 NT 4.0 Client.
|
Product Migration Options
The recommended replacement for the Cisco Secure VPN Client is the Cisco VPN Client (part number CVPN-CLIENT-K9=), which is supported by Cisco IOS® Software Releases 12.2(8)T, 12.3M, and later.
Customers with SMARTnet support contracts and encryption entitlement may download the VPN Client free of charge at:
http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/sw-center/vpn/client/
Table 3 Product Comparisons
|
Cisco Secure VPN Client
|
Cisco VPN Client
|
Deployment
|
Allows a desktop user to create an IPSec tunnel to a remote site (Cisco IOS or PIX® software). Requires manual client configuration.
|
• Simple to deploy and operate, the Cisco VPN Client enables secure, end-to-end encrypted tunnels, which are controlled centrally.
|
Operating system support
|
Windows 9X, NT4 (SP4, 5, 6)
|
•Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP
•Linux (Intel)
•Solaris (UltraSparc 32- and 64-bit)
•Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)
|
|
|
|
Central site compatibility
|
Cisco IOS Software
PIX software
|
•Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator Software Version 3.0 and later
•Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.2(8)T and later
•Cisco PIX Firewall Software Version 6.0 and later
|
|
|
Encryption
|
DES only version
DES/3DES
|
•DES, 3DES, AES (128 and 256)
|
|
NAT/PAT compatible
|
No
|
•Yes. Standards-based NAT-T (UDP) for IOS compatibility.
|
Product part numbers
|
VPN-SW-DES-100
VPN-SW-DES-100=
VPN-SW-3DES-100
VPN-SW-3DES-100=
VPN-SW-DES-1000
VPN-SW-DES-1000=
VPN-SW-3DES-1000
VPN-SW-3DES-1000=
VPN-SW-3DES-UR
VPN-SW-3DES-UR=
|
•CVPN-CLIENT-K9=
•($50 media charge)
•Can be downloaded free of charge from Cisco.com provided you have a SMARTnet® service contract and encryption entitlement.
•Unlimited use with Cisco devices.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional Information
For more information about Cisco products, please contact your Cisco account manager and/or Cisco Channel Partner.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html
