Mac compatible SSL VPN appliance?

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Mac compatible SSL VPN appliance?

Does anyone know of a Mac compatible SSL VPN server/appliance?

I'm looking for something like the Netgear FVS336G ProSafe Dual WAN GigaBit SSL VPN Firewall.

But I believe the FVS336G uses ActiveX for the SSL VPN.

Thanks!

Mac Pro, iMac Alu 2.4Gh, iMac 1.83Ghz, MacBook Pro 2.33 Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.6), iPhone 3G 2.2.1 PPC XServe 2x2 Ghz 10.4.11, Intel Xserve 8x2.8 Ghz

Posted on Feb 10, 2009 4:24 PM

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Answer 1

davidh

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Feb 10, 2009 7:28 PM in response to Looter

Much more expensive devices from Juniper do.

Do you need dual-WAN ? Have a look at the Zyxel products. I haven't seen that they explicitly support Mac OS X for their products with SSL VPN, but check with them. I use their Zywall 2Plus and up/better,
and have successfully setup L2TP vpn to a Zywall 2 Plus using the free IPSecuritas VPN client.

Have a look as well at the Fortinet products. They do state in their SSL VPN guide that they support Mac OS X.

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Answer 2

Feb 12, 2009 11:27 PM in response to Looter

We use Cisco ASA 5505 and ASA 5510 firewalls that have VPN capability built in. Both IPSec and SSL VPN. ASA 5505 is the cheaper one, cost approx $500 if I remember it right. The number of SSL licenses can be upgraded by purchasing a separate license file. We only use IPSec thought, so I cannot comment much about the SSL functionality. There is a free IPSec client for almost every major client platform (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, Solaris).

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Answer 3

Feb 10, 2009 9:02 PM in response to Looter

WatchGuards with FireWare Pro, but those are their bigger models.

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Answer 4

Looter Author

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Feb 13, 2009 11:50 AM in response to davidh

I don't need dual-WAN. I will check out the Zywall and Fortinet and see if those work and are within the budget.

Thanks

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