Posted on May 30th, 2010Virtual Private Network in short VPN has become the need of the hour in changing local office LAN’s into a big private, corporate LAN. The VPN has transformed lives of employees by giving them access to corporate servers, databases, printers etc all the while not leaving their home office. The boom of the Internet has made it so easy for communication that traditional private networks built by installing a host of modems are replaced seamlessly by VPN. Encryption and Authentication to keep snoops and crackers away is all you need to keep your data protected from hackers. Here, is a list of VPN tools, which you may find, incredibly useful.
1) ViPNet TUNNEL
ViPNet TUNNEL is one of the dedicated software designed for creating safe and protected virtual network between various offices or among various LANs. The product is used in cases where access control inside each of the LAN is not necessary.ViPNet TUNNEL software allows its users to a tunneling between the unprotected computers and LAN/WAN.
It also provides filtering according to the assigned security policy. The software also provides the work of virtual network objects as a single address inside the LAN.
2) Shrew Soft VPN Client
Shrew Soft VPN Client is one of the advanced IPSEC Client developed for Win32 platform. The software is developed as a freed VPN IPSEC Client and is used with Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems. The software can be operated by the user for the purpose of communicating with the ipsec-tools, which runs on the Open Source Operating system. Thus the software can act as an effective alternative to various expensive commercial VPN solutions.
The software comes with various advanced features like Split DNS, Nat Traversal, Dead Peer Detection, Hybrid Xauth, Split Tunneling, IKE Fragmentation, Packet Pre Fragmentation, and automatic client configuration. At the same time many options, which are available in several other popular commercial tools, are still missing with Shrew Soft VPN Client. The software may not be right choice for your environment if your remote access requires the inclusion of client side firewall or support for VPN enabled domain login.
3) SimonTools CyberGhost VPN3.3.1.720
SimonTools CyberGhost VPN is designed to allow the user to browse the Web content privately through various encryption methods and by supplying the user with an anonymous IP address. For using the CyberGhost VPN program, the user should first create an account. In the process of account creation a confirmation code will be sent via email.
The entire account creation process is very quick and no personal information other than an e-mail address is collected in the process.The user interface of the software has a modern and professional-look. The tabbed-style in the design will create a nice flow while checking the traffic usage, connection status and while applying the auto start settings, and inputting the IP address exceptions.
The free version has some limitations like slower server connection, monthly data limit of 10GB, and the appearance of ads while browsing. The program connection in Vista and XP even after using the Help and configuring the Firewall is a difficult task. The program creators should have generated a wizard for configuring the program for the users who are installing the software.
4) GetMyLAN 1.0
GetMyLAN provides users a highly secure access to the resources and back-end servers. Usage of the technology provides the user a protected access to their LAN from anywhere in the globe. GetMyLan is very easy to use and user has to configure nothing on the remote PC. The software allows users to logon to their corporate easily and quickly with an encryption up to 256 bits.
Secure access to their applications, files and email can be granted to the user with an Internet connection from virtually any location. GetMyLAN client will automatically create a sandbox for all the Internet programs, like your browser, email client, etc. after the user have logged into his corporate network. This sandbox allows all the Internet programs to behave as if they were connected directly to the company LAN.
The entire physical network that you are connected to, like a WiFi hotspot will only be used as a carrier for data sent between your corporate network remote PC in the encrypted format. Thus you are completely protected from the entire insecure network that the remote PC is connected to. The backend part of GetMyLAN server is integrated to BarracudaDrive Secure Web Server.
Since GetMyLAn technology uses secure HTTP, the tunnel will allow the collaboration from various access points that are traditionally not accessible to the VPN solutions.. In addition to this, the data, which is transferred, is compressed before the process of encryption and this maximizes the throughput on several slow connections.
5) UltraVPN 1.0
UltraVPN is a server/client SSL VPN solution which is based on OpenVPN technology. This will encrypts and make your network connection hidden. UltraVPN has a simple user interface, which can be used to connect to a VPN server. UltraVPN comes with an easy to use and install package. The user has to click on the ‘Connect’ button only. The software will manage the rest. UltraVPN is used in environments where access to the Internet is restricted.
The software also helps individuals who want to protect their privacy. UltraVPN can be used access websites which are blocked inside a corporate environment. It can be used connect to MSN even if it’s blocked. Also help to use blocked VoIP software like Skype. The software protects your browsing and email privacy and avoids the user being identified on the Internet.