Introduction
Ever caught yourself working late at the office thinking "if only I could access my work machine from home I would be there now?" Ever been on the road with your laptop wishing you could access company files, even print out documents on your company printer? Do you have a need to securely transfer files from one place to another, without people having to learn how to use complex file transfer applications? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you could be in need of a Virtual Private Networking (VPN) solution. VPN solutions have been available for some time, but up until now, you had to be a networking genius to make it work.
Now there is a VPN solution that anyone can use.
When we were designing WinGate VPN, we looked around at a number of other products. Most were very difficult even for us to set up, let alone someone who isn't a network expert. We decided that most of the configuration of a VPN shouldn't have to be such a burden, and should be done automatically. Most people just want the thing to actually work, and be able to trust it. Yet they don't want to sacrifice flexibility or features either.
In a very short space of time, WinGate VPN allows you to connect your networks together, whether they be office LANs, or a home PC, or a laptop on a modem, so they can share data safely and securely. Using state of the art security protocols and tunnelling technologies, WinGate VPN will make sure that you can participate in a remote network, almost as easily as if you were plugged into the same hub. Depending on individual set up, users can access common local area networking features such as file and directory exploring, mapping drives and even participation in LAN games.
Easy to set up
Whether you are running WinGate VPN as a stand-alone system, or integrated with an existing WinGate installation, WinGate VPN is one of the most easily configured virtual private networking products available today. Set up in a matter of minutes, WinGate VPN can utilize most Internet connection types such as modems, wireless, ISDN or ADSL to create a secure private networking environment across the Internet. It will even work through your corporate firewall or NAT/DSL router or both!
Built-in Firewall
Since you will be connected to the Internet, WinGate VPN also comes with a built-in firewall to protect each end-point of the VPN. WinGate VPN also comes complete with real time monitoring, showing details of all VPN connections that are in progress, and the current status of the VPN tunnels. With a point and click style Network window, administrators have total control over each part of the communication process, and can easily check that the VPN is operating properly at a moments notice.
Extra support for MS Networking
WinGate VPN makes it easier to browse using network neighbourhood across your VPN without having to set up and configure expensive MS server platforms or WINS servers. UDP relay broadcasting makes all your networks look like they are on the same physical network segment.
Industrial-Strength Security
WinGate VPN is ideal for:
- Companies who need secure inter-office networking.
- Home users who wish to set up a secure peer-to-peer connection between remote PCs.
- Home or Mobile workers, who require a secure environment to connect to the office from remote locations
Features
WinGate VPN was designed with ease of use in mind. With a simple step by step setup, and easy to configure connection process, Administrators can have their Virtual Private Network up and running within a matter of minutes when compared to more expensive VPN solutions. Whether as a stand alone install or with integrated with WinGate's proxy server, the Wingate VPN is flexible enough to suit your remote networking needs.
WinGate VPN allows you to keep an eye on all VPN activity. With a point and click gui, Administrators can monitor and control nodes that have joined the VPN, examine the status of the tunnels, and can test connectivity between workstations from each remote LAN. The displaying of published routes and error reporting make connectivity and tunnel problems a breeze for administrators to diagnose and fix.
The WinGate VPN uses X509 certificates to identify the VPN server when connecting. This type of certificate is the most widely accepted format for public key certification. Directory authentication in X509 can be performed using either secret-key or public-key techniques; the latter is based on public-key certificates. The X509 standard is supported by a number of protocols, including PEM, PKCS, S-HTTP, and SSL.
Using a VPN involves encrypting data prior to sending it through the Internet, and decrypting it at the receiving end. The WinGate VPN provides an additional layer of security, by encrypting not only the data being sent, but also the network addresses that are sending and receiving the data. This is achieved using the widely-respected 'Twofish' encryption algorithm, with 128-bit encryption keys.
The WinGate VPN provides a solid implementation of firewall technologies - such as packet filtering, and port security. This affords you the most power and flexibility when configuring both VPN and network security. TCP/UDP packets are filtered before they come close to reaching your network.
Depending on the type of licence in use, administrators can configure their WinGate VPN server to host more then one VPN at a time. This allows individual VPN's between remote offices in a company to communicate independently so that confidential data connections are made with remote users that they are intended for.
Flexible Participation
Each WinGate VPN sever configuration can be set to either not to participate in a VPN, particpate, or allow workstations on the Local Network behind the WinGate VPN server to particpate. This allows administrators the flexability to maintain control over what resources connecting VPN nodes are able to access.
With support for RIP version 2, WinGate VPN provides a list of published routes in use by each end of the VPN so that administrator can isolate traffic and routing issues with a minium of fuss. WinGate VPN has also been designed to run seamlessly behind NAT translated firewalls that are commonly found on DSL and broadband routers.
WinGate VPN will utilize almost all types of Internet connection methods. Connection types such as dialup modem, cable modem, ISDN, DSL (ADSL, XDSL), satellite, T1 and T3 are supported so that regardless of what Internet connection hardware solution you are using, you are still able to take advantage of all the benefits offered by WinGate VPN.
WinGate VPN makes it easier to browse using network neighbourhood across your VPN without having to set up and configure expensive MS server platforms or WINS servers. Built in UDP relay broadcasting, and Netbios enumeration support, makes all your VPN connected networks look like they are on the same physical network segment, allowing users access to common networking features such as directory exploring and mapping drives.
Requirements
WinGate 6.x and above is required to use this plug-in.
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