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Meeting Date: Thursday, September 14, 2000
Time:
Cocktail Hour will start at 6:00 PM Meeting Cost: $30 for members, and $35 for non-members.(cash or check only)
Non-members will be limited to IT professionals and technical staff for
vendor organizations who are not currently members of the Miami IBM User
Group. Vendor Staff, Recruiters, etc. who attend the meeting must be
affiliated with organizations that have joined as vendor sponsors.
Topic:
"Shall We VPN?": Current VPN Strategies and Technologies
At the same time, businesses are finding that past solutions to wide-area networking between the main corporate network and branch offices, such as dedicated leased lines or frame-relay circuits, do not provide the flexibility required for quickly creating new partner links or supporting project teams in the field.
VPNs using the Internet have the potential to solve many of these business networking problems. VPNs allow network managers to connect remote branch offices and project teams to the main corporate network economically and provide remote access to employees while reducing the in-house requirements for equipment and support.
Rather than depend on dedicated leased lines or frame relay's permanent virtual circuits, an Internet-based VPN uses the open, distributed infrastructure of the Internet to transmit data between corporate sites. Because the Internet is a public network with open transmission of most data, Internet-based VPNs include measures for encrypting data passed between VPN sites, which protects the data against eavesdropping and tampering by unauthorized parties. In addition, VPNs are not limited to corporate sites and branch offices. As an added advantage, a VPN can provide secure connectivity for mobile workers. These workers can connect to their company's VPN by dialing into the POP of a local ISP, which reduces the need for long-distance charges and outlays for installing and maintaining large banks of modems at corporate sites.
The push towards virtual private networking (VPN) is an industry-wide trend fueled by the tremendous efficiency and economy of using the Internet for business communications. Rather than limit a VPN discussion to individual vendors and hardware, this presentation will focus on the practical application of a robust and scaleable VPN - one that can withstand growth without fundamental redesign, and that can survive changes in vendor or topology. Some of the areas that will be addressed include:
Speaker:
Daniel Mirones, Infrastructure and Security Practice Manager for Renaissance Worldwide, will be the presenter. He will discuss the practical applications of these technologies, the myths of Internet security, and what can be done about it. He will also present case studies of different VPN applications that he's been involved.
Place:
Don Shulas's Hotel in Miami Lakes
Meetings are held once a month, usually on the 4th Thursday, (please check back for upcoming dates). Membership is made up of primarily IBM midrange system users, although there are also members with IBM mainframes, and PC's.