Gilbert Held 
Virtual Private Networking 
A Construction, Operation and Utilization Guide

This book provides network managers, LAN administrators and small
business operators with all they need to know to ‘interconnect’
multiple locations or travelling employees that need to access a
single location. The operation and utilization of virtual private
networks is discussed both in theory and practicality, covering the
technical aspects associated with encryption and digital
certificates as well as the manner by which readers can create VPNs
using readily available products from Microsoft, Cisco, Checkpoint
and possibly other vendors.

The author was among the first to write about the concept of
virtual private networking in a series of articles published over
five years ago, and in the intervening years this has become a very
hot topic – with the technology being increasing deployed by
companies.

Virtual Private Networking, by Gilbert Held, covers the technology
and the theory, but also shows readers, through numerous examples,
‘how to use ‘ the technology.

قائمة المحتويات

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Chapter 1 Introduction to Virtual Private Networking.

1.1 THE VPN CONCEPT.

1.2 BOOK PREVIEW.

Chapter 2 Understanding Authentication and Encryption.

2.1 AUTHENTICATION.

2.2 ENCRYPTION.

Chapter 3 Understanding the TCP/IP Protocol Suite.

3.1 FRAME FORMATION.

3.2 THE NETWORK LAYER.

3.3 THE TRANSPORT LAYER.

3.4 PROXY SERVICES AND NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION.

Chapter 4 Layer 2 Operations.

4.1 THE POINT-TO-POINT PROTOCOL.

4.2 POINT-TO-POINT TUNNELING PROTOCOL.

4.3 LAYER 2 FORWARDING.

4.4 LAYER 2 TUNNELING PROTOCOL.

Chapter 5 Higher Layer VPNs.

5.1 UNDERSTANDING IPSEC.

5.2 WORKING WITH IPSEC.

5.3 SSL AND TLS.

Chapter 6 VPN Hardware and Software.

6.1 USING THE ASANTE VPN SECURITY ROUTER.

6.2 WINDOWS VPN SOFTWARE.

6.3 WORKING WITHWINDOWS 2000 SERVER.

Chapter 7 Service Provider-Based VPNs.

7.1 RATIONALE FOR USE.

7.2 TRANSPORT FACILITIES AND VPN OPERATION.

7.3 SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS.

7.4 VPN SERVICE PROVIDER OVERVIEW.

Appendix A VPN Checklist.

Index.

عن المؤلف

Gilbert Held is an award winning author and lecturer. Gil
has written over 50 technical books and 400 articles over the past
30 years. In addition, Gil has earned many accolades and has been
presented with an award from the Association of American
Publishers. He has also been selected by Federal Computer
Week to join the Federal 100, a list of the top 100 persons in
academia, industry and the Federal Government that have made a
significant impact upon the equipment acquisition process.