VPN or Remote Access

[millernick]

Hey Guys,

I'm not very good with this type of problem so i have come to you for your wonderful guidence.

Our company are looking at being able to use a certain program at home which will connect to out database at work.

We have been using remote desktop clients such as logmein but are looking for a faster and more effective solution.

Didn't know if there was a way to have the program installed on a pc away from the network which then had access to the database on the network and work suffiecently.

Cheers guys.
Nick

 

[derfderfley]

Firewall and and remote access VPN seems the most secure way of doing things, do that sort of thing all the time for customers (Firewall/Security engineer).

As ever this boils down to budget and capability;
Do you have a budget?
And would you feel comfortable configuring a Firewall, or would you need an external firm to do the work for you?

Budget can range from free, a Linux openvpn type solution to a Checkpoint FW1 solution north of £50k. Between £500-2k you'd be looking at Cisco (ASA's), Juniper (SSG's) or Sonicwall's.
Assuming your comfortable with Linux or using open source software OpenVPN can be done for free.