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| Jun 24, 2014 at 13:38 | comment | added | Norman Gray | But if I want to read about IPsec or L2TP in a little more detail, I'd start with RFCs 4301 and 3931, and references therein. It's the framework into which they fit that's hard to find, because most information online (including on serverfault) is about specific problems with specific products. And the question wasn't for an explanation here, but for a pointer to known-good overviews elsewhere ("this made it clear to me"). In fact the OpenBSD document (as usual) was about right, though a little concerned with detail, and reassured me I'd already got the landscape about right. | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 13:25 | comment | added | Travis | You asked for "compact overview of VPNs" then asked for "what is the structure of the VPN space" then your thought out loud with "where does IPsec fit into this jigsaw, I ask myself, or L2TP? Where does authentication fit in?". You are asking questions that could only possibly be answered by a book written specifically for VPN. The detail and breadth of the answers would be much too large for this medium. You have books strictly dedicated to IPSec and VPN. L2TP and VPN. | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 13:15 | comment | added | Norman Gray | The problem with paper books is that they're typically padded with detail which, because it concerns specific products, dates quickly. And a lot of computing books are particularly bad for thinking that 'more pages' == 'better', hence more trees than wood. There's not a lot to understand about VPNs, but the core set of ideas interrelate slightly intricately, and that's what it's hard to find out about. | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 13:02 | history | answered | Travis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |