Implementing IPSec

In response to
the demand, the Internet Security Protocol (IPSec) has been finalized as the first
broad-reaching open security standard by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
and commercial products are being developed and released. IPSec may not be the
Holy Grail but it offers more security at the network level including end-to-end security,
the most important for securing communications and the one that has eluded designers
until now. But, there is no information out there on how to implement IPSec-how to
match it with your needs and your other security technologies; how to separate the
hype from the realities of running a real network with it.

The Burton Group estimates
that about 75% of all business networks, those now connected to the Internet and
those not, will implement IPSecurity into their networks creating a very broad audience
for this book. That's why we're publishing this book. We've combined the talents of an
expert security designer from Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking
which has come out with one of the first IPSecurity commercial products with a senior
network analyst, a practitioner who is helping to run Yale University's network and has
designed and implemented security systems. This book is a Networking Council title
for network decision makers.