 Re: difference between securemote and secureclient
Someone noticed that Office Mode worked on SR quite awhile ago but the license says you need SC. I figure CP will eventually fix this.
Office Mode is included with Connectra as well.
Visitor Mode tunnels all of the IPSec traffic over HTTPS, which eliminated 100% of our connectivity problems due to lousy home routers and hotels that only allow surfing.
The SC firewall is managed from SmartCenter and it is very capable. We use it to really lockdown our laptops when off the LAN.
Secure Configuration Verification could be a lot easier to set up, but once you get it configured, it helps a lot in making sure the laptops clean when you connect.
The cost difference isn't that much compared to having to put another software firewall on and manage it. The annual software maintenance cost is less than what we pay for anti-virus and SC provides a lot more business benefit.
Ray |