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Secure Remote Access for Any Application

Cisco Remote Access VPN Solutions let you provide secure, customisable access to corporate networks and applications by establishing an encrypted tunnel to your network whenever and wherever it's needed, securely and cost-effectively. With these solutions, you can:

• Enhance productivity by extending corporate network and applications
• Reduce communications costs and increase flexibility
• Provide access rights tailored to individual users, such as employees, contractors, and partners

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Cisco Remote Access VPN solutions deliver both IP Security (IPsec) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technologies on a single platform with unified management. That integrated combination lets you customize remote access from a single device, without adding complexity to your network, no matter what its size.

Simple to deploy and operate, the Cisco VPN Client allows organizations to establish end-to-end, encrypted VPN tunnels for secure connectivity for mobile employees or teleworkers. This thin design, IP security (IPSec)-implementation is compatible with all Cisco virtual private network (VPN) products.

The Cisco VPN Client can be preconfigured for mass deployments, and initial logins require little user intervention. It supports the innovative Cisco Easy VPN capabilities, delivering a uniquely scalable, cost-effective, and easy-to-manage remote access VPN architecture that eliminates the operational costs associated with maintaining a consistent policy and key management method. The Cisco Easy VPN feature allows the Cisco VPN Client to receive security policies upon a VPN tunnel connection from the central site VPN device (Cisco Easy VPN Server), minimizing configuration requirements at the remote location. This simple and highly scalable solution is ideal for large remote access deployments where it is impractical to individually configure policies for multiple remote PCs.

The Cisco VPN client supports Windows 2000, XP and Vista (x86/32-bit only); Linux (Intel); Mac OS X 10.4; and Solaris UltraSparc (32 and 64-bit). The Cisco VPN Client is compatible with the following Cisco products:

• Cisco 6500 / 7600 IPSec VPNSM and VPN SPA IOS Software Release 12.2SX and later
• Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator Software Version 3.0 and later
• Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(8)T and later
• Cisco PIX Security Appliance Software Version 6.0 and later
• Cisco ASA 5500 Series Software Version 7.0 and higher

The Cisco VPN Client is included with all models of Cisco VPN 3000 Series concentrators and Cisco ASA 5500 Series security appliances (excluding ASA 5505), and most Cisco PIX 500 security appliances.