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[G T Smith <grahamsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Monday 24 December 2007 02:40:58 Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> > Hans Witvliet wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 23:10 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
> > >
> > > Indeed, sounds odd, it is odd, but true.
> > That's standard practice in up-to-date IT departments.
>
> VPN from the client to the server when both are inside the corporate network? 
> No, that is very much not standard practice. VPN is normally used to reach 
> the corporate network from outside - I have never seen, or even heard about, 
> a setup where it's used inside
>
> Anders

I have...

i) Where there is a requirement for address space that is independent of
the underlying network topology. e.g. a department which physically and
logically exists in multiple network locations in the organisation but
does not wish to share address space with other departments in those
locations...

ii) Where there is a requirement that certain mobile devices should have
a static address to access resources, from different parts of the
organisations address space (e.g. financial auditor laptops, I.T. admin
laptops, etc, etc)..

What I understand is that VPN gives an address space that is independent
of the underlying network address structure, this can be useful in very
complex network infrastructures.

The security aspect is also potentially very useful in contexts where
parts of the infrastructure should not be or are not trusted (e.g.
Academic Institution networks, and possibly military or security
networks).


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