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List:       stunnel-users
Subject:    Re: Differences between Stunnel and CIPE
From:       Chet Harvey <chet () pittech ! com>
Date:       2004-07-07 13:39:07
Message-ID: 1089207547.40ebfcfb71725 () mail ! bluegravity ! com
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You can find some links to big companies like IBM, HP, AT&T and Apple who use 
stunnel here:

http://stunnel.mirt.net/docs.html

Plus as someone who has worked for two Fortune 50's I can tell you it is widely 
used as a simple secure tunneling transport. 



Quoting "Charles A. Monteiro" <charles@datasof.com>:

> ah, good to know, I do want to get away from the full blown VPN. Where can  
> I get info on Stunnel so that I can sell it to management? Stuff like who  
> is using it, for how long, for mission critical apps or not etc.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Charles
> 
> On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 14:55:16 -0700, Brian Hatch <bri@stunnel.org> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >> Hi. I am totally new to this area. I need to evaluate alternatives to
> >> setting up full-blown VPNs. I would like to understand what the
> >> differences are between Stunnel and Linux CIPE.
> >
> > Stunnel forwads one or a discreet set of ports.  CIPE creates a full
> > blown VPN.
> >
> > If you only need a few ports, use SSL-aware software, or
> > tunnel in via SSL.  If you need the whole freaking IP stack,
> > use a VPN.
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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