Routing & Security

Well, it appears that Cisco has officially released its 64 bit IPSec VPNClient. The package is also half the size as to earlier versions, although the 32bit package is 3MB larger than this 64bit package. Even though this is a very needed tool for remote access, I still prefer the AnyConnect package which rides over SSL.

I ran into another big benefit of using Anyconnect yesterday… I had a business with several users that I had setup remote access for mention that their IPSec VPNCLient wasn’t working. Doing some investigating, I found they had switched their method of connecting to the Internet now by using wireless air cards. The VPN client would connect just fine over this connection but we were unable to pass any encrypted traffic. It was narrowed down to the ISP  blocking these encrypted packets over that aircard connection. However, we tested with Anyconnect which rides over SSL and it worked just fine.

Just remember that you need a CCO account to download this latest software.