To ensure security and confidentiality in data and service interchange, MetaCorp proposed rolling out a VPN (Virtual Private Network) linking the two sites.
A VPN consists in using the Internet as a transmission medium using a tunneling protocol enabling secure transfer of data from one end of the VPN to the other by means of encryption algorithms.
The pre-requisites for this roll-out were :
- Installing an xDSL type Internet connection on both sites.
- Installing routers (in each network node) supporting the VPN functionalities.
The roll-out of the solution was completed in two half-days (simultaneously on both sites) and the network was operational immediately.
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