Following is a comprehensive catalog of general VPN and Cisco VPN product information including white papers, reference guides and presentations.

New VPN Products

Cisco offers the broadest range of products to address the VPN market. cisco delivers purpose-built VPN devices tailored for the specific requirments of remot access, site-to-site, and firewall-based VPNs.

• Site-to-Site Cisco VPN Routers running feature rich Cisco IOS Software extend the classic WAN by providing large-scale site-to-site VPN encryption between multiple fixed sties such as remote offices and central offices, over a public network, such as the Internet.

• Remote Acess VPNs The Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator permits secure, encrypted connections between mobile or remot users and their corporate networks via a third-party network, such as a service provider.

• Firewall-Based VPNs The Cisco PIX Firewall combines strong security and market-leading firewall performance with a comprehensive suite of VPN features to deliver firewall-based VPNs.

• Cisco VPN Solutions View an overview of Cisco's comprehensive product portfolio for remote access, site-to-site, and firewall-based VPNs.

These new products include-

• Announcing the Cisco VPN Acceleration Module (VAM) for the Cisco 7200 and 7100 Series Routers providing high performance, hardware-assisted encryption, key generation, and compresion services suitable for site-to-site VPN applications.

• The NEW Cisco PIX 501 Firewall delivers enterprise-class security for small offices and teleworkers in a reliable, plug-n-play security appliance. Ideal for securing high speed "always on" broadband environments, the Cisco PIX 501 Firewall, part of the market-leading Cisco PIX Firewall Series, provides robust security capabilities, small office networking features and powerful remote management capabilities in a compact, all-in-one solution. Security features include state-of-the-art stateful inspection firewalling, VPN and intrusion protection capabilities. The Cisco PIX 501 Firewall provides 10 Mbps of firewall throughput and 3 Mbps of 3DES VPN throughput.

• The Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Client combines the ease of use and high scalability of a software client with the reliablility and stability of a hardware platform.

• Cisco VPN Client Release 3.0, currently available via CCO download for use with Cisco remote access VPN products supporting the Cisco VPN Unified Client Framework, and is also included free of charge with the Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator.

Encryption Export Controls

• General Guidelines for Export
• Approved Territories and Sectors
• General Inquiries (Subject Encryption or Crypto)
• Import Restrictions (Recommended Reading)

VPN Documentation
Comprehensive listing of technical and product literature associated with VPN solutions.

Voice and Video Enabled IPSec VPN
Voice and video enabled IPSec VPN solutions integrate cost-effective, secure connectivity provided by site-to-site VPNs with the Cisco AVVID architecture for delivering converged voice, video, and data IP networks.

Presentations-Public

• Cisco VPN 3080 Concentrator
  Describes a high-end, fully redundant VPN Concentrator developed to meet the demanding requirements of large enterprise sites.

• Virtual Private Networks: Extending the Enterprise WAN
  VPN Analyst Presentation Accelerated VPNs.

• Enterprise VPN Solutions: QoS Strategy

Business Cases

• The Advantages of Migrating from Frame Relay to VPN
  VPN Solution Overview details the benefits of migrating to VPN from Frame Relay

• Network Security--Embedded in Network, Integrated in Product
  This paper discusses network evolution which is driving the need for security functionality integrated in the network infrastructure and embedded throughout the network.

Profiles

• Waterbury Hospital - Beyond the Bedside

Reference Guides

• Virtual Private Network Services
  Provides a list of VPN services offered by Cisco Powered Network Service Providers worldwide. Also, included is a listing of VPN related acronyms and definitions.

White Papers

• SAFE: IDS Deployment, Tuning, and Logging in Depth
• Virtual Private Networks Cost Benefits
  How companies are cutting costs and improving productivity, communications, and network management.

• Quality of Service for Virtual Private Networks
  This paper aims to address the topic of quality of service (QoS) and the tools available from Cisco Systems for designing a Virtual Private Network (VPN) with appropriate service levels for mission critical applications.

Application Notes

• IPSec Virtual Private Network Resilience Solutions
  Describes two techniques, IKE keepalives and GRE tunnels, available in IOS that provide resilience for site-to-site IPSec VPN connections.

Reports

• VPN Benefits Study
  How companies are cutting costs and improving productivity, communications, and network management.

Design Implementation Guides

• PIX Design and Configuration Guide for 5.1 Release of PIX
  This document provides a detailed level review of PIX 5.1 Firewall and it includes an example section for VPNs.

• Site-to-Site and Remote Access VPN Methods and Procedures
  Guidelines to use in designing and implementing Cisco Site-to-Site and Remote Access VPN Solutions.

Additional Information

• Q2 CY00 VPN and Security Marketshare Report
  Provides comprehensive look at Cisco's top-rank status in the competitive VPN and Security marketplace.