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A ventail VPN 2.5, a solu
tion that Includes Aven
tall VPN Server 2.5 and Aven
tall AutoSOCKS 2.2 client, lets
you and your remote users
make secure, authenticated
connections over IP links.
The Socks protocol is an application-layer proxy that relays TCP and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets from one network to another based on a server administrator-defined set of rules.
To use Socks, you need the server running on the edge of the network (VPN Server 2.5, in this case) and a client that redirects the connection on the client computer, such as AutoSOCKS 2.2. The Socks 5 Protocol, which Aventail Corp.'s VPN Server and AutoSOCKS use, provides authentication and authorization.
I tested beta versions of Aventail's latest VPN Server and the AutoSOCKS client in NETWORK Computing's lab at Syracuse University and noted their tighter integration with Windows domains, and robust, secure authentication...