Abstract: As the development of computers, smart phones and tablets, more and more equipment are connected to the Internet. Virtual Private Network, which establishes private network over public network has made work and life much easier for people. IPSec and SSL/TLS protocols, which provide security services, are widely used for VPN. In this paper, I’ll learn the details of IPSec and TLS/SSL protocols and provide an analysis and comparison of them.
I. Introduction
Virtual Private Network (VPN) comes to my sight by chance due to China’s great firewall blocked my access to Gmail when I stayed in China last summer. To visit the blocked websites, one of solutions is using VPN technology.
VPN is referred to set up a private network across a public network and usually can be classified by three types: [1] Remote-Access Type, which can establish a connection between a client outside and a company’s internal resources, Extranet Type, which connects different resources in different networks, and Intranet Type, which creates a connection between different resources within one network. The working theory of VPN can be briefly explained by a simple example including several steps:
Node A in Network I want to communicate to Node B in Network II via public network.
1. Since A wants to communicate with B, A will generate and send a packet whose destination IP is B’s IP address in Network II.
2. The gateway of Network I gets A’s packet and checks its destination IP, if belongs to
Figure 8.3(a) demonstrates a portion of a wireless ad hoc network where a source node S has a data packet to be sent to a destination node that is
A VPN is a private network that uses a public network (usually the Internet) to connect
In this example, here node A wants to send data packets to node D and starts to find the shortest path for its destination, so if node D is a malicious node then it will show that it has active route to the specified destination. It will then send the response In the example, data packets transfer in a hierarchic data center network. The link capacity is 1000 kb/s. The number on each is the traffic load. The distribution of traffic is based on equal cost multi-path (ECMP). In figure 8, we can see that the 3). Congestions
Router segments the network. The Router will not allow broadcasting of data to another network, particularly if the IP address is not from the outside network where the source node belongs. If the destination is not part of the same network where the source node is located then the router directly connected to it will analyze the packet
VPN is the abbreviation of Virtual Private Network. A VPN can extend a private network (like local network) across a public network, such as the Internet. It enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network, and thus benefit from the functionality, security and management policies of the private network [7].
PC1 sending packet, first thing needing to be done is compare the destination IP address with its own, deciding whether or not it is in the same network
OpenVPN is an open-source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections and remote access facilities. OpenVPN allows authentication using certificates or username/password. OpenVPN can work in two different modes regarding encryption. It can use static encryption or Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). The advantage of static encryption is that it is very easy to configure. The disadvantage of this type setup is that if your encryption key is compromised, all VPN data can easily be decrypted. The PKI mode resolves many of the issues static encryption has. It
Exercise 2.3.4: It would take 1 hop to go from A to D, and from D to A. One additional link would connect E to the network, which would have no effect on sending messages.
VPN refers to the networking technology Virtual Private Network. A VPN allows users connected to this network the ability to access any website or computer data from any location in the world with dedicated and secure networking environment rather than being present in a public server. Majority of VPN users belong to business class industry and educational purposes. VPN networks are used in this manner because majority of VPN networks offer the features like encryption and anonymity which increases the privacy and security benefits while using the VPN network. VPN networks also allow the user ability to perform activities on the internet as if they were accessing
Douligeris, C., Serpanos, D. (2007). VPN Benefits. Network Security: Current Status and Future Directions. John Wiley and Sons
i (j) + b ∗ Di f (j) + b ∗ Di g (j) f (j) g (1) Where, P(j) node ’j’ sent packet towards node i D(j) amount of data packets carry data generated by node ’j’ is indicated by sub-index g and sub-index f indicates data forwarded by node ’j’. Different weights are indicated by ’a’ and ’b’.
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are used to allow a remote public connection to an internal network. A VPN is essentially a virtual tunnel connecting a remote user (Tunnel Vision). The traffic within the VPN tunnel is encrypted, and there are two ways to do this. One way is Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) and the other is Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
This type of network is designed to provides a secure, encrypted tunnel in which to transmit the data between the remote user and the company network” (Beal). VPN uses encryption to provide data confidentiality. Virtual Private Networks makes use of encryption and special protocols to provide extra security.
SSL VPN is a newer VPN technology that links an employee’s computer to a corporate network via a web browser. No client software is required, meaning a larger variety of operating systems are potentially supported. The third type of VPN is mobile, in which one of the endpoints of the tunnel is not fixed (Bridwater, 2013).
Remote Access across public network – This allows the users to connect to the private network from anywhere. Using this solution more employees can telecommute. The client connects to the public network first and initiates a connection with the VPN