Virtual Private Network Solutions

Overview/Description
To explain VPN technologies and their implementation

Target Audience
IT management and staff; network technicians; designers; engineers; consultants

Prerequisites
An understanding of the fundamentals of communications and networking, including LAN and WAN technologies; familiarity with the Microsoft Windows or Novell Networking environments

Expected Duration
305 Minutes

Objectives:

Virtual Private Network Solutions

  • define a VPN and its main components.
  • describe the advantages of deploying a VPN solution.
  • describe the various technologies used in the deployment of a VPN.
  • define VPNs, their benefits, and the main technologies used in their deployment.
  • describe various VPN applications and implementations and outline how to select a VPN solution through evaluation.
  • describe the main differences between remote access through VPN and remote access through dial-up networking.
  • describe some of the basic VPN services and outline the advantages of policy-based management for VPNs.
  • describe the components and advantages of a VPN network, and the components of a VPN access node.
  • describe encapsulation and the various encapsulation protocols used in VPNs.
  • describe encryption and the role of various encryption technologies in VPNs.
  • describe authentication and the role of various authentication technologies in VPNs.
  • explain how the various components of VPNs work, and where and when they should be used.
  • configure an ISA VPN Server to accept client connections and to configure local and remote ISA VPN servers.
  • configure PPTP connections for ISA Server 2000 client computers.
  • configure remote access properties in Windows 2000.
  • configure a VPN connection.


    • Course Number: 82685_eng