[vpn-help] Encryption/Security

[Matthew Grooms]

On 2/1/2010 8:01 PM, Craig, Keigon wrote:
> My organization is running a Cisco VPN Concentrator and we are looking
> at possibly rolling the Shrew client out to at least some remote
> employees that are running Windows 7 64-bit but the question of security
> has come up. Specifically the question has been raised as to whether or
> not data between the remote clients and the concentrator is encrypted. I
> am looking for something that I can use to confirm that the data is
> encrypted to help facilitate the rollout of the Shrew client for some of
> our remote users. Thanks.
>

As the name suggests, the IP Security ( "IPsec" ) protocol suite is used 
to provide encryption and message authentication for IP communications. 
These protocols are defined by the IETF and published as RFC standards 
or working drafts. The Shrew Soft VPN Client makes every attempt to 
adhere to the following IPsec and key exchange related documents.

http://www.shrew.net/static/help-2.1.x/files/%7BC7A04755-AF4F-458B-A8C4-2EC9339ECC1D%7D.htm

-Matthew