The first 3rd generation VPN solution

The Sirrix.TrustedVPN product family represents a comprehensive solution for connecting local networks of various locations of a company and for the integration of mobile or home office users. The solution excels with its unique and unrivalled combination of ultimate security and foolproof administration. It consists of the Sirrix.TrustedObjects Manager as central management system, the Sirrix.TrustedVPN Boxes as VPN Gateways for the individual locations and a VPN software client, which can use the Sirrix.TrustedVPN Boxes as access point for central company resources.

The Sirrix.TrustedObjects Manager comes with a novel user interface which in contrast to traditional products focuses purely on logical trust relationships at the meta-level rather than configuring individual device parameters. Mapping a company’s specific requirements for confidentiality is significantly simplified. Any errors/slippages or losses when deriving the right set of configuration details at the lower technical level are completely precluded.

As a result, typical network administrators, who have not received special security or VPN training, can nevertheless commission and maintain highly-secure virtual networks very quickly. At the same time, such architecture allows for simple, yet effective, auditing of the functionality and safety of desired traffic relations along with the exclusion of undesired communication links.

The core tasks of the administrator lay in the setup of logical VPNs by means of the Sirrix.TrustedObjects Manager. Such VPNs consist of a specific set of Sirrix.TrustedVPN Boxes together with the local networks and/or subnets at each site. As soon as such a network is added to a logical VPN, the configuration data of every system involved is automatically updated to reflect a fully-meshed virtual network tunnelled through the Internet across all respective subnets at each site. Any workstations forming part of this set of subnets can then start talking IP with each other with the assurance that:

• no data exchange via the Internet can be tapped or manipulated and
• only traffic between approved workstations at well-defined locations can be established.

The Sirrix.TrustedObjects.Manager can be acquired together with the solution and operated within the customer’s premises or could be installed at a service provider, who supports its Sirrix.TrustedVPN customers under the umbrella of a Managed Services contract.