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Virtual Private Networks, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly Nutshell)
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Author: Paul Wolfe, Charlie Scott, Mike Erwin
List Price: $34.95
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ISBN: 1565925297
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates (December, 1998)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 48,247
Average Customer Rating: 1.61 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 1 out of 5
Innacurate and old
I didn't check out the publication date of this book when I bought it (1998) so my dissapointment is partly my fault. It is, unsuprisingly, very outdated (anyone actually remember the altavista tunnel?). However, much of the info that remains, even general VPN fundamentals, are flawed and innacurate. This book will hinder you if you are trying to understand proper VPN network topologies.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Perfect
This book solved a lot of problems for me. While much of the product coverage no longer applies, the theory and practice of the VPN, as well as the basic need for such a technology gave me the information I needed to convince my upper management to use VPN's better.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Well.. Almost Useless
This book was a big disappointment. It does gloss over alot of the key VPN ideas, but there is not much substance. I've learned more from reading various tidbits off the internet. Also, before you even consider using PPTP you should read the CounterPane cryptanalysis paper on PPTP. http://www.counterpane.com/pptpv2-paper.html PPTP on windows NT is just not secure! For a total newbie, this book might give them an idea of what to look for on the internet, but besides that I don't see too much value in this book. I wouldn't buy it again, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that I liked.
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